A team of researchers has found and documented a new, active deep-sea octopus nursery 2 miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean in Costa Rica. This is the third known octopus nursery in the world, and the first known aggregation of deep-sea octopus.
A team of researchers has found and documented a new, active deep-sea octopus nursery 2 miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean in Costa Rica. This is only the third known octopus nursery in the world.news release from the organizationThe nursery is the first known aggregation of deep-sea octopus. The research team has named the nursey the Dorado Outcrop.
The outcrop was first discovered in 2013 and was the very first observation of female octopus gathering together to brood their eggs. “The discovery of a new active octopus nursery over 2,800 meters beneath the sea surface in Costa Rican waters proves there is still so much to learn about our ocean,” said Dr. Jyotika Virmani, executive director of the Schmidt Ocean Institute in the news release.
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