Octomom

Radiolab

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Natural Sciences, History, Documentary, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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A mile under the ocean, we get to watch an octopus perform a heroic act of heart and determination. First aired back in 2020, this episode follows the story of an octopus living one mile under the ocean as she performs a heroic act of heart and determination. In 2007, Bruce Robison’s robot submarine stumbled across an octopus settling in to brood her eggs. It seemed like a small moment. But as he went back to visit her, month after month, what began as a simple act of motherhood became a heroic feat that has never been equaled by any known species on Earth. This episode was reported and produced by Annie McEwen. Special thanks to Kim Fulton-Bennett and Rob Sherlock at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate. If you need more ocean in your life, check out the incredible Monterey Bay Aquarium live cams (especially the jellies!): www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams Here’s a pic of Octomom sitting on her eggs, Nov. 1, 2007. https://media.wnyc.org/i/800/449/c/80/2020/05/GraneledoneT1146_09_02_52_23.png (© 2007 MBARI) We have some exciting news! In the “Zoozve” episode, Radiolab named its first-ever quasi-moon, and now it's your turn! Radiolab has teamed up with The International Astronomical Union to launch a global naming contest for one of Earth’s quasi-moons. This is your chance to make your mark on the heavens. Submit your name ideas now through September, or vote on your favorites starting in November: https://radiolab.org/moon Sign-up for our newsletter!! It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)! Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today. Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org. Leadership support for Radiolab’s science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening.
0:07.0	Okay.
0:09.0	Go on listening to Radio Lab.
0:12.0	Radio Lab.
0:13.0	From WNYC.
0:14.0	Hey, I'm Chad Abumarab.
0:21.0	This is Radio Lab and Danny McEwan.
0:24.0	Yes.
0:25.0	Well, what do you got for me?
0:27.0	Well, first of all, Robert, let me just get the levels on you.
0:29.0	Okay, I'm here.
0:30.0	We've got Robert.
0:31.0	Robert, maybe you can tell, tell, tell, tell.
0:34.0	I'm sitting in on this one with Andy just.
0:36.0	As many of you know, he retired from Radio Lab not too long ago, but I brought him out of
0:41.0	retirement and back into the studio to sit in with me on this interview.
0:44.0	We just sometimes pile on when it looks like it's going to be a candy fun thing to do.
0:48.0	And second of all, I have a hero and a story that I don't know why.
0:55.0	I just feel like it's exactly the kind of story that we all need right now at this moment.
1:02.0	Okay, let's go.
1:04.0	Okay, so let's start with our main character.
1:07.0	Excuse me.
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