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Octopus Ocellatus order to be chosen, the males stand guard over the
female’s lair. The female mates for 40 minutes with
her chosen mate and lays about 400 eggs. Using her
acetabulum, the mother blows on and cleans her eggs
50 minutes × 1 episode
carefully until the moment they hatch a month later.
However, in the winter of 2007, a terrible oil spill
The octopus ocellatus is part of the octopus family accident occured in the western
along with the octopus minor but smaller. While the sea of Korea. Hundreds of octopus ocellatus died
octopus minor grows to about 70 cm, the octopus every day in the mudflats because of the oil. This
ocellatus only grows to about 20cm. documentary shows the spark of hope in the midst of
The octopus ocellatus’ territorial fight, their mating despair through the lives of the octopus ocellatus who
and spawning have been captured on camera. When live depending on only their instinct to survive in the
mating, only the female has the option to choose. In polluted ocean.
