'Mysterious' Antarctic creatures hid their mating strategy for 140 years — until now
“We were so lucky to be able to see this,” one of the study authors said.
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“We were so lucky to be able to see this,” one of the study authors said.
Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa travelled to Antarctica to observe the reproductive habits of the mysterious giant sea spiders.
These large invertebrates are fairly devoted dads.
Instead of carrying the babies until they hatched, as in most species of sea spiders, one parent spent two days attaching the eggs to the rocky bottom of the sea.
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