Up to 25 of the cephalopods end
up on dry land, possibly confused or injured by the recent storms
Monday 30 October
2017 03.51 GMTLast modified on Monday 30 October
2017 22.00 GMT
Dozens of octopus have been
spotted emerging from the ocean and crawling along the Welsh coast in a nightly
pilgrimage that has perplexed people at a seaside town.
Up to 25 curled octopuses, which
grow to a length of 50cm, were seen three nights in a row at New Quay beach in
Ceredigion in west Wales. Some of
the wayward cephalopods were later found dead, washed up on the beach.
Brett Jones, who runs SeaMôr
dolphin-watching boat trips, said he first witnessed the phenomenon when he was
returning from a sunset trip.
“It was a bit like an End Of Days
scenario,” he
told the BBC. “There were probably about 20 or 25 on the
beach. I have never seen them out of the water like that.”
He said it was “really rare” for
the creatures to end up on dry land, adding: “Maybe they are getting confused
by the bright lights in New Quay harbour and maybe they are dying off after summer
or getting knackered after the recent storms.”
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