There has also been an 'octopus nursery' (social behaviour) discovered in the deep sea, which sort of re-wrote the rules on the 'solitary octopus' hypothesis:

There has also been an 'octopus nursery' (social behaviour) discovered in the deep sea, which sort of re-wrote the rules on the 'solitary octopus' hypothesis: https://schmidtocean.org/scientists-discover-new-deep-sea-octopus-nurseries-in-costa-rica/ https://schmidtocean.org/scientists-discover-new-deep-sea-oc... I think there is a lot more to be learned about these wonderful creatures, and I avidly await all such discoveries ..