NANFA-- Another reply to octopus life spans (pacific giant octopus)

Moontanman_at_aol.com
Sat, 13 Mar 2004 10:50:37 EST

Hi Jim and Moon,
Through the serious dedication of one of our employees a number of
years ago, we raised a giant Pacific octopus from egg to maturity. It
(male) died at 3 years (almost exactly) of old age at 65 pounds (30 kg)
after casting out several spermatophores.
I suspect the ones that live deeper and colder live a bit longer.
Roland

Roland C. Anderson, PhD
Biologist
The Seattle Aquarium
1483 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA 98101 USA
phone: 206-386-4359
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