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Octopus sets record for motherly care

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Deep-sea creature protects its eggs for 4 1/2 years, longer than any known species in the animal kingdom, study reveals; ‘octomom’ never ate

在動物界中保護其幼卵達4年半.............






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A deep-sea octopus—being described by some as a real-life Octomom—has been observed protecting its eggs for 4 1/2 years, thus becoming the most patient of mothers known in the animal kingdom.

“As far as we know this is the longest brooding or gestation of any animal on the planet,” Brad Seibel of the University of Rhode Island who participated in the report told the Los Angeles Times. “Elephants gestate for 20 to 21 months and some deep-sea sharks carry their embryos internally for a couple years [basking sharks reportedly carry their young up to three years], but nothing is longer than this.”

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and the Public Library of Science (PLOS ONE) announced the finding on Wednesday, though the study ranged from 2007 to 2011. Here’s the story from the MBRI:                          



07/31/2014

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