Just a month after mating, a female octopus can lay as many as 100,000 eggs. | National Geographic

These are octopus eggs, shown in footage of an octopus garden in the Arctic by NOAA Ocean Exploration. Mother octopuses are quite caring, protecting the eggs, cementing them to the side of the wall, and blowing fresh water on them for oxygen. However, the treatment doesn’t last long: Octopus mothers self-destruct after reproduction, sometimes even consuming their own arms, and die before the eggs are born. The footage was taken by NOAA Ocean Exploration in the Gulf of Alaska. | OceanX

🐙🐙Cephalopod alert!🐙🐙We observed over a thousand deep sea octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) while exploring Davidson Seamount with NOAA's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Never before seen in these massive aggregations, most female octopus were resting in a brooding posture, tucked into rocks with eight arms inverted covering their bodies and eggs. Many were tucked into rocks near shimmering fluid seeps, which were previously unknown to occur in this region! | Nautilus Live

Watch this octopus escape through a super small hole in a boat — and prepare to FREAK THE EFF OUT 😱 Plus more animals: http://bit.ly/2s6z1cV | Cosmopolitan