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Italy Releases Octopuses to Fight Blue Crabs | Science News
Italy’s launching a bold, bizarre eco-solution: releasing 130,000 baby octopuses into the Adriatic Sea to hunt invasive blue crabs threatening local fisheries and marine life. Dubbed Octo-Blu, this government-backed plan aims to let native octopuses—each capable of eating up to four crabs daily—rebalance the ecosystem. But with a 99.9% mortality rate for tiny paralarvae, experts remain skeptical. Still, researchers hope the hardy creatures will multiply and make a dent over time, as part of a broader strategy to coexist with the crab population without eradicating it entirely. Listen in…
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