During the experiments, scientists found that up to 40 per cent of the offsprings in captivity had survived.
The Department of Aquaculture of Cicese researched three species of octopus: the Californian octopus (Octopus bimaculoides), the red octopus (Octopus rubescens) and the two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculatus).
As part of this study, the specialists provided the octopuses with food based on brine shrimp, a small crustacean that is used to feed aquarium fish.
The director of the Department, Mónica Hernández, stresse...
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