Taiwan, NE Coast 台灣 東北角

Mother's Love (母愛-章魚護卵) @ Long Dong , Taiwan (台灣東北角 龍洞灣)

A female octopus hatching the eggs for new borns.
Both the male and female octopuses die soon after mating. The male dies a few months afterwards, while female dies shortly after the eggs hatch. The female cares for her eggs until they hatch, forgoing food the entire time. She blows currents across the eggs to keep them clean and protects them from predators.
每隻章魚寶寶的誕生，都是用母親的生命所交換而來。
章魚媽媽在交配產卵後，就會停止進食，全心照顧她的寶寶們，直到孵化。她會守著章魚卵，以防掠食者獵捕，並用觸手不停地撥弄他們，以讓水流能通過，藉此以保持章魚卵的乾淨，並避免章魚卵因為缺氧而死亡。
孵化的過程長達數週，而在章魚寶寶誕生後，母親也會因為體力耗盡而死亡。

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