Agriculture Idol

Chapter 160 Octopus eggs

[First of all, since the previous chapter was blocked, I will briefly introduce the previous content]

After the typhoon passed, the ocean live broadcast team captured the content of octopus sex. Naturally, Professor Pan wanted to explain this unique process of octopus sex from the perspective of popular science.

Like most animals in the animal kingdom, the male octopus will leave the female to raise the offspring alone after consummating the house, and he will go to find a new love.This feature infuriated people on the Internet, making this live broadcast room a demonstration site for women's rights.

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After a while, the diving team went into the water again to replace the batteries on the monitor near the rack of the octopus pot. By the way, one more thing to do was to confirm whether the octopus had spawned.

The female octopus usually lays her eggs deep inside the octopus pot, while she guards the mouth of the pot.And during this period, in order to have enough nutrition and protection during the spawning period, the female octopus also piled the remaining shells on the mouth of the octopus pot after eating the shellfish caught from the sea sand, as another layer of protection.

Therefore, it is difficult to see whether octopus eggs are present through a monitor with insufficient pixels.

To let netizens observe the octopus eggs well, of course it is best to use Zhou Hao's high-definition underwater camera.

The process of octopus predation during this period also made netizens very satisfied.

Watching the octopus protrude its head slightly from the pot, one eye sticks out very long, turning around to check the surrounding situation.Seeing that there was no threat around, he leaned out cautiously.At this time, the body of the octopus is no longer white in the pot, but has turned into a dark warning color.After wandering around for a short distance, he brought back a rather large shell from the bottom of the sea. After eating it, he piled it up on the spout of the pot and set it up as a baffle.

Among all marine creatures, the IQ of octopuses is considered outstanding, coupled with eight arms and legs full of muscles, it can be said to be a breeze to complete such a job.Compared to the damselfish occupying another takopot's nest, the octopus is much more present and more compelling.

The students in the diving group dived near the tako pot and shone a flashlight into the tako pot.

The human body is huge, and the octopus is frightened and shrank in the pot, not daring to move.

Following the light of the flashlight, several strings of clean white octopus eggs appeared in the lens.

[There really is! 】

[This is the first time I saw octopus eggs, so beautiful! 】

The fine and white eggs are hung on the top of the wall of the octopus pot like flower spikes, like wisteria flowers.There is a dish called "sea vine flower" in Dongying country, and the raw material is the egg belt full of octopus eggs.

After the female octopus gets the balls of the male octopus, it will start laying eggs.They will take out fertilized eggs with thin threads from their bodies, attach them to the ceiling in bundles, and lay about [-] eggs at a time.

It is also a mollusk, and the eggs of squid are much larger than those of octopus.Squid eggs are round, with an average diameter of about 1 cm, while octopus eggs are oval, with an average length of 2.5 mm.

Looking carefully, these octopus eggs are like rice grains, with clear grains and a transparent luster under the light.

"Although it hasn't hatched yet, I can already feel the breath of life."

"It seems to have basically succeeded!"

"I'm so touched! The netizens in the live broadcast room should have seen it too!"

Even under the water, several students couldn't help hugging each other and giving each other high fives to celebrate.

【Octopus eggs are so small! 】

[One hundred thousand eggs?There are [-] in just those few clusters?How terrible! 】

[The greatness of motherhood!Scumbag get out! 】

[I can't imagine how such a small egg turned into an octopus]

Thinking that there are still people cooking with such beautiful octopus eggs, some netizens scolded: [Xiao Nihong is too cruel!Eat it all! 】

Of course, some people refuted: [This is no different from eating caviar, right? 】

At the same time, Li Chengxin, who was observing Zhou Hao's octopus shots on the sea, suddenly discovered that even though so many people were gathered in front of the octopus pot, and the octopus seemed to be huddled motionless in the pot, its arms and legs were still shuttled among the octopus eggs. In addition, the mouth of the octopus is constantly opening and closing.

Professor Yang explained: "This is the octopus breathing heavily and has been providing enough oxygen to the eggs."

"So those eggs also need oxygen?" Li Chengxin asked curiously.

"That's natural, and during this period, the female octopus needs to keep cleaning the eggs. If the octopus eggs are attached to too much dirt from seawater, they will not be able to absorb oxygen and will die due to hypoxia."

Indeed, if you look carefully, when the female octopus sweeps over the octopus eggs, those fine eggs will be picked up by the suction cups on the arms and legs, which is probably cleaning the eggs.

Then, Professor Yang said another sentence that made everyone lose their voices: "Until the baby octopus hatches in a month, the female octopus will stay close to each other, giving oxygen to the eggs and cleaning them all the time."

This time, the barrage of scolding the scumbag also stopped, and only the sound of the ocean current and the heavy breathing under the breathing mask remained in the live broadcast room.

The screen was cleared for half a minute, and the barrage immediately began to flash.

【I miss my mother...】

[Mother's love is so great! 】

Under the care of the female octopus around the clock, the octopus eggs grow healthily.

When everyone went to change the battery of the monitor again, they found that the octopus eggs were no longer crystal clear and translucent. Under the light of the flashlight, the octopus eggs were milky white, and each egg had slightly reddish spots point.

"This is the baby octopus' eyes." Professor Yang explained.

[Has it grown enough to see eyes? 】

【so fast! 】

[It seems that every egg really has it! 】

【Come on, mother octopus!Raise the children well! 】

The newborn octopus eggs are translucent gelatinous, and the first to grow are red eyes.

After another five days or so, the eyes will darken slightly, and at that time the body outline of the baby octopus in the egg can be distinguished.

In two weeks, it will grow into an octopus.

However, even if all the eggs hatch, the survival rate of these small octopuses is less than one-tenth.

"Hey, wait, what's going on!"

Amidst the exclamation of Li Chengxin and the diving team, Professor Yang's explanation was interrupted. A long strip of creatures approached the mouth of the octopus pot, quickly inserted its head into the octopus pot, and obviously bit the female octopus's arm and foot. above.

Then, the camera lens wobbled and fell to one side.

[Fuck!what happened? 】

[Photographer!Photographer, how are you? 】

【How about the octopus?How to shoot after death? 】

Amidst the chaotic shouts, a large piece of sea sand was raised in front of the camera. After a few minutes, the camera was lifted up, and the members of the diving team began to explain what happened.

"It was a moray eel just now... Now it's hiding in the octopus pot next to it."

Following the explanation, the camera turned around, and everyone finally saw the true face of the murderer who attacked the octopus just two away from the octopus pot.

The moray eel has a conical head with spots and a long snout. When it opens its mouth to breathe, you can see two rows of sharp fine teeth in the mouth.

"Brother Hao, the photographer Zhou Hao, just dropped the camera, grabbed the moray eel's tail, pulled it out of the octopus pot, and saved the octopus' life. The octopus was mostly fine, except that one of its arms and legs was bitten. hurt."

【Very good……】

【It's fine...】

[The photographer is awesome! 】

【Even so, the octopus didn't even leave its eggs! 】

【Mother's love, mother's love...】

(End of this chapter)