It has been mentioned that some female octopuses can live several weeks after egg hatching if they will eat while brooding. The number of weeks has never been specific so I don't know if almost 12 weeks (11 weeks and 5 days) is significant. I have journaled Trapper's time with me including a weekly post of observations and feeding experiments after the babies hatched beginning with post #10 on this thread:
http://www.tonmo.com/community/index.php?threads/6959/
The only other comparison I have is a post from Canada where it appears the mother lived 5 weeks after the hatching:
http://www.tonmo.com/community/index.php?threads/7126/&highlight=mercatoris+babies
http://www.tonmo.com/community/index.php?threads/6959/
The only other comparison I have is a post from Canada where it appears the mother lived 5 weeks after the hatching:
http://www.tonmo.com/community/index.php?threads/7126/&highlight=mercatoris+babies