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Brad A. Seibel: 2 ideas worth knowing

2 ideas from Brad A. Seibel, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.

• A deep-sea octopus guarded her eggs for four and a half years without eating

  Marine biologists tracked a Graneledone boreopacifica octopus off California brooding a single clutch of eggs for 53 months, the longest known brooding period of any animal. She ne…

  — Bruce H. Robison, Brad A. Seibel, Jeffrey Drazen, Deep-Sea Octopus (Graneledone boreopacifica) Conducts the Longest-Known Egg-Brooding Period of Any Animal

• One octopus guarded her eggs for four and a half years without eating again

  In 2007, researchers using a remote submersible repeatedly found the same deep-sea octopus, a Graneledone boreopacifica, clinging to a rock ledge off California guarding a clutch o…

  — Bruce H. Robison, Brad A. Seibel, Jeffrey Drazen, Deep-sea Octopus (Graneledone boreopacifica) Conducts the Longest-known Egg-brooding Period of Any Animal

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