More 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 many more were spread across the sand. On Saturday morning, the company posted pictures showing several octopuses on land that appeared to be dead, suspecting that they might be dying after spawning. !” SeaMôr wrote in the comments beneath the Facebook post. He said there could be several reasons that they moved on to the beach, including spawning, weather and water temperatures.

Source: Washington Post October 30, 2017 17:25 UTC