James Barry

senior scientist and benthic ecologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

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Some 80 miles off California’s central coast, thousands of pearl octopuses have gathered near an extinct underwater volcano, an ideal place for mating and nesting.

Octopuses can take years to hatch. Some in CA have learned to ‘short-circuit the system’

Some 80 miles off California’s central coast, thousands of pearl octopuses have gathered near an extinct underwater volcano, an ideal place for mating and nesting.

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