A dying octopus will devote the rest of her life to caring for her eggs at a California aquarium.

But the eggs will never hatch, according to a Sept. 8 Facebook post by the Aquarium of the Pacific.

Ghost, a giant Pacific octopus, has entered the final stage of her life — senescence, the Long Beach aquarium said.

During senescence, a female octopus will use the rest of her life to care for her eggs, to the point where she’ll neglect her own needs like eating, the zoo said.

Although this is a normal behavior in octopuses, Facebook users expressed their thoughts on the zoo not allowing their octopuses to mate, meaning Ghost’s eggs will never hatch, the post said.

“It seems wrong to deny her the ability to reproduce. Especially with that level of commitment. It’s sad to me,” someone wrote

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