By Brandon
Specktor, Senior Writer | November 5, 2018 12:37pm
ET
Sit back, clear your mind, and
let this imagery sink in: "buckets and buckets and buckets full of tiny
octopi."
That's what Devin Dumont —
curator of the UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium in Savannah, Georgia —
said he found when he showed up to work last Tuesday, according to an interview
with local news site Savannah
Morning News.
"I noticed this cloud of
moving dots and I realized, 'Oh my God... There are babies. There are babies
everywhere,'" Dumont told Savannah Morning News. "I immediately
started scooping them out and putting them in buckets."
Octavius, the aquarium's
sole octopus resident,
had apparently given birth to a brood of tens of thousands of tiny, confetti-size
babiesovernight. When Dumont found the brood swirling like a
blizzard in Octavius' tank, he was surprised for a few reasons. [Photos:
Ghostly Dumbo Octopus Dances In the Deep Sea]
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