Caption: The mother octopus was curled over a clutch of about 160 teardrop-shaped, olive-sized eggs, visible on the upper left, that were attached to a rock from May 2007 to September 2011.

Some deep-sea octopuses lay their eggs in the warmer water of geothermal springs in the “Octopus Garden” (shown) off California’s coast, speeding up embryonic development.

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The researchers found that eggs at this site hatch after about 21 months – far shorter than the four years or more it takes for other known deep-sea octopus eggs.

The mother octopus was curled over a clutch of about 160 teardrop-shaped, olive-sized eggs, visible on the upper left, that were attached to a rock from May 2007 to September 2011.

The researchers found that eggs at this site hatch after about 21 months — far shorter than the four years or more it takes for other known deep-sea octopus eggs.