A deep-sea octopus hatchery, only the third known to exist, has been discovered off the coast of Costa Rica, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute. The find came during a 19-day expedition studying the biodiversity of unprotected seamounts off the Costa Rican coast.
In it golden outcropthe size of a football field, where a octopus garden in 2013, it is estimated that One hundred female octopuses are brooding their eggs along low-temperature vents.a phenomenon that scientists have never seen before, according to the researchers.
The behavior surprised cephalopod experts because octopuses were considered solitary creatures at that moment.
The scientists were able to see an active octopus hatchery and witness the hatching of babies as they explored deep-sea seamounts, seamounts that facilitate biodiversity in the deep sea, the scientists said, reports Abc News.
The octopus would be a new species of Muusoctopusa group of small to medium-sized deep-sea octopuses no ink bagaccording to the Schmidt Ocean Institute statement.