Researchers use underwater technology in Monterey Bay to unlock mysteries of rare octopus garden

Thousands of octopus moms are protecting their newly laid eggs on the ocean floor of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
And the underwater photography is helping to unravel a mystery of this real-life octopus garden, one of the few known nesting grounds of its kind in the world. It's the work of a research group that includes San Jose State University/Moss Landing Marine Laboratory and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, also known as MBARI.

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So, thousands of dollars are spent to determine it's the water temperature? I'd like to have a job like that.

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Such a beautiful yet sad sight to see…those female octopi are literally dying to protect their eggs. They stop eating and everything to care for their offspring 24/7.

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I’d like to be....under the sea...