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Octopuses Invade the English Coast, ‘Eating Anything in Their Path’ | The highly intelligent cephalopods filled fishing nets and gobbled up crabs and lobsters in Devon and Cornwall this summer. (www.nytimes.com)
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According to Steve Simpson, a professor of marine biology at the University of Bristol, “climate change is a likely driver” of the population boom. “We are right on the northern limit of the octopus species range, but our waters are getting warmer, so our little island of Great Britain is becoming increasingly favorable for octopus populations,” he said.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I hate that “octopi” isn’t correct. It’s so much easier to pronounce than “octopuses”.

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    • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I think this is happening to sharks too. Its not an "invasion", these animals habitats are being destroyed. They are looking for food. We are invading them. Climate change, netting and other mass food gathering methods destroying their reefs and other biomes.

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    [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    The invasion they should've been worrying about

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    [–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    By using the plural form I'm going to assume multiple spices of octopus, or octopi, were observed.

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