Flotsam & Jetsam

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Octopuses Need Oxygen. Onlookers on the Monterey Bay wharf in California had an "incredible sighting" on October 28, when over the course of an hour, more than two dozen octopuses surfaced. While it was exciting for the onlookers, it might mean bad news for the octopuses, says Monterey Bay Whale Watch. "Due to the millions of anchovies that have been in the harbor for weeks depleting the oxygen supply, we think these beautiful cephalopods were seeking more oxygen at the surface!" Some were attacked and eaten by gulls and otters, but others managed to get away by releasing ink or submerging quickly, making "quite the sight" for those at the "right place at the right time," they posted on Facebook.

Where Did Milton-Affected Sharks Go? Storms will certainly displace sharks, and the shark tracking app Shark Tracker reveals Florida's sharks moved out of the way of Hurricane Milton. Sharks have been documented leaving the Tampa Bay area ahead of storms in the past, and a more recent paper showed that on Florida's east coast, sharks moved out of the way of the big storms when other marine life did not. So, where do sharks go? When a storm disrupts a shark's normal behavior, their goal is typically to get to deeper water, according to Greg Skomal of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. There is some variation by species, but particularly the smaller sharks go deep. (Smithsonian Magazine)...

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