Watch Mesmerizing Video Of Baby Octopus Hatching

The miracle of life is an amazing thing. But it’s even more amazing when we get an up close look at something actually being born. This is definitely true of these hundreds of octopus being born.

In video taken by Pang Quong in Port Phillip Bay in Australia, we get front row seats to an octopus birth. This particular species, the pale octopus, also known as Octopus pallidus, lays its eggs in small caves. Sometimes it uses submerged litter to its advantage and lays their eggs on any hard surface like a small bottle or even a tire. They even take advantage of these objects other times during the day to hide from any predators.

According to Quong, the female stays with her eggs until they all hatch. Quong visited the octopus mother over the course of three weeks to check on the status of the mother in the making. Put together, this footage is the final result. At the end of the video, you can even see the dozens, possibly hundreds of hatching octopus and the empty shells that they left behind.

This species can be found in much of the waters off Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.

Watch the entire mesmerizing video here.