Italy to Release Octopuses in Adriatic to Combat Blue Crabs

Italian scientists plan to release 160,000 octopuses into the Adriatic Sea. The octopuses are natural predators of the invasive blue crab, which has proliferated in the northern Adriatic and is causing damage to shellfish farms.

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24urSlovenian5d ago

Zakaj bodo Italijani v Jadran izpustili 160.000 hobotnic?

Italijanski znanstveniki bodo v Jadransko morje izpustili na tisoče malih hobotnic. Te so namreč naravni sovražnik modre rakovice, ki se je namnožila v severnem Jadranu in povzroča škodo školjčiščem. Strokovnjaki z Univerze v Bologni računajo na to, da bo navadna hobotnica pomagala nadzirati populacijo te invazivne rakovice.

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Italy to Release Octopuses in Adriatic to Combat Blue Crabs

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