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Deep-sea octopuses are typically solitary creatures that inhabit frigid waters in one of Earths most chall...

Deep-sea octopuses are typically solitary creatures that inhabit frigid waters in one of Earth's most challenging environments.

Researchers recorded more than 6,000 octopuses in just one area of the location, making it the greatest known concentration of octopuses on Earth.

The octopus garden — found on a small hill southwest of Monterey, California — was full of a species called Muusoctopus robustus, nicknamed the pearl octopus by the research team because of the way they look while upside down protecting their eggs.

Researchers believe the shorter brooding period near warm hydrothermal springs increases a hatchling octopus’ odds for survival.

The researchers at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and their colleagues at other institutions used state-of-the-art underwater technology to understand the octopus garden.