Yes, if anyone does make contact with Paul's aquarium, and he was hatched from an egg in captivity, this would be news in the field of O. vulgaris, yes?
See number 10 above. From what I have read there have been multiple successes with vulgaris and one other species (cold water) raised in open flow tanks. Of the tens of thousands of eggs the reports showed success with little better than a handful for vulgaris and I don't remember hatch to benthic counts mention in the Chilean study (I do remember they used King Crab row as food though).
Latest news about Paul: a little Spanish town is making him an honorary citizen and the mayor will travel to Paul's aquarium to present the octopus with a box (like his food boxes) with the town's coat of arms on it.
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