Il riscaldamento globale ha portato il polpo mediterraneo sulle coste del Regno Unito
Global warming has brought Mediterranean octopus to the UK’s shores
di Wagamaga
Il riscaldamento globale ha portato il polpo mediterraneo sulle coste del Regno Unito
Global warming has brought Mediterranean octopus to the UK’s shores
di Wagamaga
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A new species of octopus is massing across the south-west coast of England, threatening local crab, scallop and lobster populations, figures show.
Typically found in the Mediterranean, the metre-long ‘vulgaris’ octopus is coming to the waters off the coast of Devon and Cornwall as climate change makes them warmer and more habitable.
The government’s annual fisheries survey showed a five-fold surge in the number of ‘vulgaris’ octopus in March and April this year compared to the same period in both 2023 and 2024.
There were no recordings of the species at all in previous surveys, which began in 2020 and are conducted when the octopus is reaching full size and is ready to reproduce
The rise in vulgaris octopus numbers is causing huge problems for fishers because they eat large quantities of shellfish, significantly reducing the number available to catch.
So are we against global warming, or are we against illegal mediterranean octopuses coming here and stealing our jobs?
That’s got to be a long way to come for an Octopus.
Mind you, with 8 arms it can always rest a few for half a mile or so.
Octopus tastes so good, I say we kill and eat them all. It’s a win-win scenario, if they keep coming we keep eating and if they stop coming presumably they’ve learned their lesson and fucked off back to Europe.