Rarely seen events

An "octopus garden" was found off of central California, with 6,000 nesting females, the largest group ever seen. After observing them for several years, scientists have found that the thermal vents cause the eggs to hatch much faster, 21 months compared to 48+ months (!!), vastly reducing predation and increasing their offsprings' chance at survival.

The paper, which is free to read and has a bunch of photos: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg3247
A Huffpost summary with a few photos: 'Octopus Garden': A California 'Hot Tub' Is Helping Octopus Eggs Hatch In A Big Way
 
Weird shtuff happens so regularly in nature, you just have to learn to throw the rules out the book, stop being the I know everything person and watch, listen and learn more. Shshh & watch.

'Millions' of tiny fish jump from sea onto Welsh beach in bizarre scenes

ZooChat bods, can you explain the ecological reason for that of that, sure the mods can........?

Also, the Mermaids seen by many around Llandudno, not to mention the giant squid bigger than blue whales in the depths.
 
TinoPup said:
Seems to be the first time this has ever been video recorded, and almost never seen in general: Bruno ecowatch on Instagram: "Pods of spermwhale come from a hunting Their main food are the giant calamari 8 meters #spermwhale #observation #nature #ocean #sea #animals #expedition #discovery"
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I recall that there was a fact about how no one had ever seen a sperm whale fight a giant squid in life; though there is good evidence that it happens.
So I guess now at least we have footage of what comes afterwards!
 
dillotest0 said:
I recall that there was a fact about how no one had ever seen a sperm whale fight a giant squid in life; though there is good evidence that it happens.
So I guess now at least we have footage of what comes afterwards!
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Yes, exactly!
 
Crowthorne said:
Northern Right Whale Dolphin filmed from a whale-watching boat in the Pacific Northwest
https://fb.watch/nRYmr52MMd/
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Thank you for this. I saw a pod of this species in Monterey Bay last year on our fifth and final whale watching cruise. I was standing next to one of our guides on the trip, who had quite a bit of experience - but she was jumping up and down with excitement, punching me on the shoulder, and crying out "They're northern right whale dolphins, Alan! They're northern right whale dolphins!"
So I can blame her for the fact that my photos were not as good as I hoped :oops:
At the time we were in the middle of a large pod of Risso's dolphins, which were spread out over a considerable area near Moss Landing on the eastern shore of the bay. They were obviously hunting, so there must have been large numbers of squid around, which probably attracted their rarer cousins too: both species are usually seen in deeper water, but this area is at the end of the massive submarine canyon which goes through the bay. The northern right whale dolphins are relatively small and slender, but they were faster than any other dolphins that I have seen and they stayed close together. From the surface, their speed, black colour and streamlined shape made them look like torpedoes.
 
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gentle lemur said:
Thank you for this. I saw a pod of this species in Monterey Bay last year on our fifth and final whale watching cruise. I was standing next to one of our guides on the trip, who had quite a bit of experience - but she was jumping up and down with excitement, punching me on the shoulder, and crying out "They're northern right whale dolphins, Alan! They're northern right whale dolphins!"
So I can blame her for the fact that my photos were not as good as I hoped :oops:
At the time we were in the middle of a large pod of Risso's dolphins, which were spread out over a considerable area near Moss Landing on the eastern shore of the bay. They were obviously hunting, so there must have been large numbers of squid around, which probably attracted their rarer cousins too: both species are usually seen in deeper water, but this area is at the end of the massive submarine canyon which goes through the bay. The northern right whale dolphins are relatively small and slender, but they were faster than any other dolphins that I have seen and they stayed close together. From the surface, their speed, black colour and streamlined shape made them look like torpedoes.
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That sounds thrilling! What time of year was it?
 
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