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![Maturing octopus eggs<br />
Comment from Merry Passage:<br />
The [embryonic] octos turn 180 degrees so that Hoyle's Organ (hatching organ on mantle) is pressed against the chorion [egg case]. Enzymes from the organ dissolve the membrane and the little fellas pulse their way out.<br />
Barge, Redondo Beach, California](https://photos.smugmug.com/NorthAmerica/Invertebrates-Eastern-Pacific/Mollusca-Chephalopoda-Octopus/i-6Bjtv8C/0/32c9f75a/Ti/OctoEggs2_111016-Ti.jpg)
