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Mother Octopus
A deep-sea octopus is seen brooding eggs on a vertical rock face during Dive 18 of the Seascape Alaska 5 expedition. This is just one of nearly 20 individual octopods we saw during the dive. Most were seen brooding eggs of varying maturity, and some were juveniles walking across the seafloor.
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Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Seascape Alaska.