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Episode · Davidson Seamount, California · 11 September 2026

There's a Nursery of 20,000 Octopuses Two Miles Under the Sea. Here's Why They Gather

The Octopus Garden on the Davidson Seamount, where warm springs speed up the eggs.

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¹ Three, actually. Two pump blood through the gills; the third sends it around the body.

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