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 that many more were spread across the sand. !” 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. “It could simply be injuries sustained by the rough weather itself or there could be a sensitivity to a change in atmospheric pressure.”

Source: National Post October 30, 2017 19:52 UTC