Octopus city of Octlantis

There's an ancient saying that's been passed down for generations:

"Under the sea, under the sea

Darling, it's better down where it's wetter

Take it from me"

Finally, we have proof that this legend is true. As long as you're an octopus. And you're living in the Octopus city of Octlantis
Octlantis isn't actually the first octopus city that researchers have discovered. But it helped fill in a clue about what leads the tentacled denizens to form their thriving cities. Octopolis was discovered in 2009, and was believed to be an anomaly — researchers thought that the little cephalopods only gathered there because some human objects had settled in the area. They assumed that the octopuses were just curious about the alien structures.

But Octlantis didn't have any human objects to attract that kind of attention. What it did have, however, was a lot of little rock outcroppings on the sea floor, dotting the otherwise flat and featureless area. So it's most likely that the octopuses are responding to an abundance of comfy hiding spots. So while it's certainly true that gloomy octopuses prefer a lonely life, it's probably also true that the colonies are more common than we previously thought.

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