How do octopus treat there young?

Answer 1

Octopuses are actually quite caring parents. Both the mother and father die not long after reproduction. The mother will care for the egg sac and will not eat after she mates, eventually starving to death either before or after the eggs hatch, leaving the octopus larvae to swim free.

Answer 2

The Octopus takes care of its babies up to the moment of hatching,, standing vigilant over the eggs and blowing water from her jet to insure adequate oxygen. The eggs are generally deposited in clusters in a protected area on the ocean floor,reef or submerged structure. Once they hatch the new born octopus are on their own .

Answer 3

The female lays eggs and carries them under her arms for about six months until they hatch. Once this happens the female dies. It does not care for its babies to to the fact that it dies... the babies take care of themselves from then and on.

Answer 4

Octopi (i think that's plural) lay their hundreds to thousands of eggs than leave the young to fend for themselves. The parents die shortly before they hatch.

Answer 5

The simple answer is - they don't ! Once the young hatch, they join the free-swimming plankton floating in the sea. It's a case of 'every one for themselves' !