{"id":5608,"date":"2011-04-01T23:24:51","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T03:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=5608"},"modified":"2015-09-17T14:07:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T18:07:49","slug":"octopus-hatching-babies-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/01\/octopus-hatching-babies-video\/","title":{"rendered":"An Octopus Hatching Babies Video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Live Octopus eggs hatching<\/p><\/div>\n

To witness a PYGMY OCTOPUS with her eggs forming into tiny OCTOPUS babies in front of my very own eyes was a moment I will never forget. This small miracle happened today near the Sanibel lighthouse after strong west winds churned the Gulf Of Mexico all week to wash many shells and other live creatures up on the beach.<\/p>\n

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Octopus with hatching eggs<\/p><\/div>\n

I met Lauren a few minutes before she found the momma “Octi” on the beach and after she had already saved several live STARFISH and other live shells that were getting trapped on the beach from the receding tide.<\/p>\n

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Lauren with a shark’s eye an starfish<\/p><\/div>\n

When she felt one of the arms of the PYGMY OCTOPUS reach out and touch her ankle, Lauren immediately looked down to see the beached momma next to the PEN SHELL that was housing the nest of her eggs.<\/p>\n

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Live Octopus eggs hatching close<\/p><\/div>\n

She picked up the little family nestled in the shell and shared this wonderful world of nature in the wild with a few other shellers then let her dad Ron return them to the sea.<\/p>\n