Octopuses 'walking out of the sea' (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Dozens of octopuses have been witnessed crawling out of the sea on the Welsh coast.

Sea trip operator Brett Stones said more than 20 of the sea creatures were seen making their way on to the beach at New Quay in Ceredigion on Friday night.

Mr Stones, who runs SeaMôr Dolphin Watching Boat Trips, caught one octopus on camera.

He told BBC Wales that he helped return a number of them to sea, but others were found dead on the sands on Saturday.

However, the reason behind why the octopuses would strand themselves on land remains a mystery.
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more/video: http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/41790751/octopuses-walking-out-of-the-sea-on-the-welsh-coast

[pscot]

1. Noise may be a factor

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/michael-jasny/now-its-octopus-and-squid

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Wow, that sounds really grim. "Moderate" levels of low-frequency noise are lethal. nt

[delisen]

3. Is it the end times? Are they seeking rapture?

Are octopuses poised to replace humans as dominant species? Is it some parasitic-driven behavior like that weird parasite that causes rats to love cats? Is global warming taking its toll?

so many interesting things on earth that we could be studying instead of having our energy sapped by greedy billionaires, white supremacist loons, and propaganda-eating deplorable.