Although Rebecca Jaffe, the owner and founder of Sea to Shore Explorers , the tide-pooling ecotourism company, knew the San Diego shoreline well, she looked forward to each visit.

That day, after she finished a citizen science event, she decided to take a walk and study the rocks around her. She loved observing the small creatures that others didn’t notice.

Little did she know that she would stumble upon a tiny surprise.

A Tiny Discovery Beneath The Seaweed

Jaffe picked up a seaweed-covered rock. Suddenly, she noticed something moving on top.

“I noticed a little bit of movement,” Jaffe told The Dodo . “And it just looked like a little brown blob, and then I saw the tentacles.”

She leaned in and realized that a baby octopus was clinging to the rock . She came across many marin

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