• Dkarma@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    They glue them to the ocean floor unlike others who carry their brood with them until they hatch.

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      4 months ago

      hiding under the algae for periods of at least 8 months might be a safer bet than hanging about on dad’s far more vulnerable legs.

      Algae 1 dad’s far more vulnerable legs 0

  • HolyDuckTurtle@kbin.social
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    4 months ago

    While diving under the ice in McMurdo Sound, some of the team came across giant Antarctic sea spiders that appeared to be mating. So, they gently collected the animals and transferred them to observation tanks to figure out how the heck these enigmatic creatures procreate.

    Rude.