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Related: About this forumThis Rare Video of a Tiny Baby Octopus Hatching Is Breaking The Internet
SO CUTE.
MICHELLE STARR 14 FEB 2018
Most of us won't ever get to see a baby octopus hatching in the wild, but luckily Virginia Aquarium managed to film it happening in captivity, and have share it online for everyone to enjoy.
In a remarkable 10-second video posted to Facebook and Twitter, a single tiny Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) is shown wriggling free of a small cluster of eggs.
Almost immediately its pigment changes from white to dark brown.
According to Virginia Aquarium, this is totally normal - all the baby octopuses they observed went through this rapid pigment change immediately after hatching.
More:
https://www.sciencealert.com/baby-caribbean-reef-octopus-hatching-video-virginia-aquarium
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This Rare Video of a Tiny Baby Octopus Hatching Is Breaking The Internet (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Feb 2018
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Thanks for posting the clip. It's great being able to see that little character over and over,
Judi Lynn
Feb 2018
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longship
(40,416 posts)1. Here:
Judi Lynn
(161,952 posts)5. Thanks for posting the clip. It's great being able to see that little character over and over,
as he enters a very large world all by himself.
It is fascinating that as soon as he is free, his own true markings appear instantly. He is officially a tiny octopus.
longship
(40,416 posts)6. Chromatophores!
tblue37
(66,016 posts)2. I beat you on this one--I posted it on Saturday:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181043702
I am razzing you because you are the one who usually posts the best science, archaeology, anthropology, and nature videos. I have never posted one before you did.
I am razzing you because you are the one who usually posts the best science, archaeology, anthropology, and nature videos. I have never posted one before you did.
Judi Lynn
(161,952 posts)4. Yikes. Didn't mean to dupe you! My excuse is Friday night I got flattened by a killer cold,
and have been trying to hide in bed almost all the time since!
Just saw your link, really prefer the video from your source, the Washington Post.
Unbelievably cute tiny fella. Awwwwwww.
FirstLight
(13,714 posts)3. coolness!
There's that part of me that says "I want one!" but they are too smart to be "pets"
eppur_se_muova
(36,962 posts)7. "Rare"? Heck, folks at tonmo.com raise cephs as a hobby !