YOU CAN FIND NUMEROUS VIDEOS OF OCTOPUSES HATCHING ON YOUTUBE (always fun to watch). Here’s a short one from the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center that shows something I’ve never noticed. Immediately after shooting into life, the little guy – a Caribbean reef octopus – turns dark brown as it swims rapidly away. In a followup comment, the aquarium staff notes that “Our team believes that there are two possible reasons for the immediate color change.
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