Posted on 11/02/2018 3:24:48 PM PDT by ETL
When Octavius, a female common octopus at the University of Georgia’s Marine Education Center and Aquarium, went into hiding for roughly a month, officials at the aquatic center were baffled.
Normally a present creature, Octavius would greet visitors by sticking her tentacles on the inside of her tank. But in recent weeks, the sea animal — formally known as an Octopus vulgaris — spent more time hiding in a rock cave inside her tank, the Savannah Morning News reported.
Early last week, officials finally figured out why: Octavius was pregnant and eventually laid her eggs, which hatched into “tens of thousands” of baby octopuses, according to the newspaper.
“I noticed this cloud of moving dots and I realized, ‘Oh my God, she had babies. There are babies. There are babies everywhere,’” Devin Dumont, the curator at the aquarium, told the Savannah Morning News.
“I immediately started scooping them out and putting them in buckets and there were just buckets and buckets and buckets full of tiny octopi,” Dumont, who discovered the octopus's secret while cleaning her tank, added.
Female common octopuses can store a male octopus’ sperm for weeks before the eggs are fertilized and eventually laid. When the female is ready, it will "become restless and search for a sheltered place where they can lay and brood the eggs without disturbance," the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology explains online.
"Fertilization takes place in the oviductal glands as the mature eggs pass through them on their way out of the oviducts," the museum continued, adding these creatures can lay up to 500,000 eggs.
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Just in time to vote. Coincidence? I think not. I’ll bet the dems already have ‘em registered.
“Baby octopus is delishious.”
I believe it. I’ve seen octopi cooked on various cooking competition shows and I keep hearing you have to cook it really fast or really slow. I imagine which way is best depend upon how old and how large your octopus is.
They finally videoed the lab overnight and found the octopus repeatedly escaped its tank and sprayed water on the bulb to burn it out.
You read that right and I did not make it up.
Yum! I’m of Spanish descent! We eat it often and a seafood paella is the bomb!
I believe it. Octopuses are very smart and don’t deserve to be eaten!
Did you hear the mindblower a month ago about an aquarium— or university studying octopi —in which scientists came into the lab every morning only to find the bright overhead light burnt out. Every day.
They finally videoed the lab overnight and found the octopus repeatedly escaped its tank and sprayed water on the bulb to burn it out.
You read that right and I did not make it up.
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I am particularly fond of octopi, octopise. octopuses and the very funny ways they try to control their environments when they live “with” us. I often wonder who, exactly is the smarter group. I doubt we will survive on earth as long as they continue in the oceans.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-octopuses-smart/...and many more articles on octopuses.
It is clear cephalopods are amazingly smart especially since they brains are huge compared to their spine which they don’t have...and they are curious..I wonder how that one figured out how to turn off the light in the lab at night? Or turned on the spigot and released tons of water onto the new aquarium’s ecologically sensitive floor? I have heard of none being kept in a home marine aquarium...they always get out...and die, sigh.
I think they are absolutely marvelous creatures and incredibly cute when the size of a flea!!
‘Tens of thousands’ of baby octopuses at Georgia aquarium unexpectedly hatch
Nevermind the Chef.
Call Hollywood, there’s a blockbuster movie here.
LOL!
Take that off your bucket list. It is pretty tasteless and rubbery. It can be made into a descent meal, but it takes a LOT of effort.
Replace it with Uni (Sea Urchin). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDsHkUumpYY Uni is like the wagyu beef of the sea.
Not sure if I’m interested in eating sea urchin reproductive organs.
Paella on my menu tonight. Don’t you just love a nice socarrat.
https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144-0a25-d3cb-a96c-7b2d66e40000
or sea urchin nads. Ill go with the nads.
Video wouldn’t play for me. I’ve seen octopus cooked many times on TV. It’s tricky, sure but, like anything, it has to be prepared properly.
I was kidding about uni. I would definitely eat it. I understand it’s quite a delicacy. You don’t see it around these parts, though.
Most of it was really good. After about the third helping I figured out the stuff I really liked was deep fried octopus suction cups. I told my interpreter “Okay - I'm pretty sure I know what this is - but you better not tell me because I'm not used to this kind of food.” She just laughed.
(After the fourth helping I was pretty sure!)
Surprisingly, I even liked some of the sushi!
Properly fried, just about any food can be good.
Sushi? I dunno. It’s available at a food court I occasionally frequent, it looks good, but I can’t imagine it tastes good. I wonder if you can fry it.
Here is an old post from foodrepublic.com
http://www.foodrepublic.com/2011/08/04/word-of-the-day-socarrat/
“I wonder if you can fry it.”
I’ve heard of deep-fried Twinkies. I imagine deep-fried sushi would be a snap!
Come on!! We are conservative. Nothing is impossible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D38-XqUwHWk
http://www.maruhideshop.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=6
https://www.maruhideshop.com/index.php?main_page=shippinginfo
Thanks for taking the time to try to enlighten me but I’m not interested in going to websites I know nothing about.
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