Drama in real life

I'm sad. While channel surfing today I came across a program on Animal Planet featuring an octopus. This lady octopus was heavily pregnant and was looking for a safe spot to build her nest. After finding a snugly niche among some rocks she proceeded to secure it by barring the entrance with smaller rocks. She then laid her mind-boggling 400,000 eggs. The eggs were so tiny; they couldn't have been bigger than grains of rice. Maternity care is not very popular with octopuses and so the young mother left her nest to grab some grub. Laying half a million eggs is a tiring job and the eels prowling nearby were quick to smell an opportunity. An adventurous eel started the proceedings by grabbing a mouthful of the octopus’ arm. While the eel latched on to the arm, the octopus struggled to free herself. Octopuses have a defense mechanism in which they confuse their adversary by spraying them with a jet of ink. Our octopus even tries this trick but the pesky eel just won’t let go. The heart rending tussle lasts a long time before a huge chunk of her arm breaks off and our octopus is free but only briefly before a swarm of eels pounce on her. Finally the poor thing dies but not before shooting a huge cloud of ink in the water, perhaps signaling that she went down with all guns blazing. In case you are wondering what happened to all those eggs?Yes,they will die soon without nourishment.

I wish the cameraman would have saved the poor octopus. The world would have been richer with half a million more octopuses:(.
Pray that their souls rest in peace…