SZN+ on Instagram: "Female giant Pacific octopuses follow a semelparous reproductive strategy centered on a single clutch of offspring. After mating, the mother selects a secure den and lays roughly 100,000 to over 300,000 eggs, which she tends for about 5 to 7 months by carefully cleaning them and circulating oxygenated water with her siphon, all while not feeding. This intense parental investment leads to her death shortly after the eggs hatch, as her energy reserves are completely exhausted.