Scientists just unleashed an army of 130,000 baby #octopuses to fight off a #bluecrab invasion
When fully grown, octopuses that survive could eat up to four blue #crabs per day in #Mediterranean
#Bluecrabs are prized seafood in US, they are #invasivespecies elsewhere. The crabs first spotted in Mediterranean in last century but really began wreaking havoc only a decade ago, when their population surged, posing a threat both to native biodiversity
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-just-unleashed-an-army-of-130-000-baby-octopuses-to-fight-off-a-blue-crab-invasion/
https://archive.ph/Rvixs
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