Louise Nott, Gloomy Octopus Eggs (ANIMAL & NATURE 2020)

After laying eggs, a female Gloomy Octopus (Octopus tetricus) will spend the rest of her life meticulously caring for her brood, marking the beginning of the end. She will not eat and will do anything to protect them from predators. The festoons of eggs are attached to the top of a rock crevice and the mother will continuously pump water to oxygenate and clean them. After months of care, the planktonic young emerge from the safety of their mother's watch, ready to explore the big blue

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