Behold, A Baby Octopus The Size Of A Pencil Eraser
When it’s fully grown, this Caribbean pygmy octopus will be just the size of a silver dollar. As a hatchling, it’s dwarfed by a penny. The Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, acquired a female Caribbean pygmy octopus (O. mercatoris) that had come in from the wild. At the aquarium, she started laying…
