Mystery over dozens of octopuses crawling to shoreMore than two dozen octopuses were spotted slogging along a shoreline in West Wales, worrying beachgoers, who spent some time picking up the critters and plopping them back into the ocean. When he got closer, he saw that it was an octopus - and that many more were spread across the sand. WASHINGTON POST More than two dozen octopuses were spotted slogging along a shoreline in West Wales. "Seeing something like that out of its environment, you get this sort of feeling of wanting to protect them," he told The Washington Post. He said there could be several reasons that they moved on to the beach, including spawning, weather and water temperatures.

Source: Stuff October 30, 2017 20:11 UTC