Italian researchers released 150,000 baby octopuses into the Adriatic Sea as an effort to fight invasive crabs.
Sources
- MIT Technology Review (wp.technologyreview.com)
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-just-unleashed-an-army-of-130-000-baby-octopuses-to-fight-off-a-blue-crab-invasion/ (scientificamerican.com)
- https://www.wantedinmilan.com/news/italy-fights-invasion-of-blue-crabs-with-octopus-army.html (wantedinmilan.com)
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