bpd-keiko: “ “ – She’s carrying fertilized eggs. And now, happy and settled [in her new den], she lays them, 100,000 of them. Over the next six months, she carefully tends her precious brood. She caresses them with her arms, to keep them free of...
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bpd-keiko: “ “ – She’s carrying fertilized eggs. And now, happy and settled [in her new den], she lays them, 100,000 of them. Over the next six months, she carefully tends her precious brood. She caresses them with her arms, to keep them free of...
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bpd-keiko:

“ – She’s carrying fertilized eggs. And now, happy and settled [in her new den], she lays them, 100,000 of them. Over the next six months, she carefully tends her precious brood. She caresses them with her arms, to keep them free of algae and properly supplied with oxygen. This is her first and only brood and so she takes great care of them. While she’s guarding her eggs, she doesn’t leave the den. Not once. Unable to feed, she is starving. Her last act of devotion is to blow water over the eggs to help them hatch. Young, fully-developed octopus pop out. Though only a few will survive to adulthood, she’s given them the best chance she can. After her long and lonely vigil, she is dead. Surely this sacrifice must make her one of nature’s most devoted mothers.”

The BBC’s Life: The Challenges of Life [S1E1]