Octopus eggs hatching

[Thales]

http://www.tonmo.com/blog/entry.php?70-What-a-nice-way-to-start-a-blog-a-bagillion-little-octo-s

 

[xcaret]

:beer:

 

[sfsuphysics]

ha! Super cool, I assume the lines in the one photo are millimeter ticks on a ruler?

 

[nudibranch]

That was really amazing.

 

[robert4025]

That was an amazing video Rich. Is the octopus still alive after laying the eggs?

 

[Thales]

Yep 1mm.

The female will live for a few weeks after the hatch.

 

[anathema]

That's awesome!

 

[krittertanks]

oooooooooooohh :ghost: alright..Back to work

 

[melly mel]

Pretty dope! :beer:

 

[lattehiatus]

The cephlapod juvies look like extraterrestrials from outer space - I was half expecting them to burst from someone's chest.

Not something you see every day - thanks for the link!

 

[bookfish]

Neat!

 

[GDawson]

Sad about the mother dying after a few days......

Wonder what evolutionary advantage is served by this...... :quest:

-Gregory

 

[yardartist]

They are cute in person. Too small and too little time for me to try to see if they are eating. They are moving around like larger BBS in similar jerks. Two clouds in the tank, the oct and the BBS. The female is still in the bottle. She came out to 'fluff' the old egg mass and went back in her cave. Incredible animal.