So You Know, This Is How to Incubate Baby Cephalopods in a Soda Bottle

So You Know, This Is How to Incubate Baby Cephalopods in a Soda Bottle

Say you need to incubate some baby cuttlefish. Say you'd prefer to do so without buying commercial incubators that can cost hundreds of dollars a pop. Say you'd prefer a more DIY solution.

Well, here is that solution! All you'll need are soda bottles, netting material, plastic tubing, and silicone glue. Oh, and some cuttlefish eggs. 
First, drink the soda. (Or, you know, empty the bottle of it.) Second, cut the bottle in half, and then affix a screen between the two pieces and also at the open end. (The idea is to create a water-permeable barrier between the inside and outside of the bottle.) Place your cuttlefish eggs into the screen-contained section of the bottle. Plunge the bottle underwater, eggs-side down. Then attach a tube that will inject air into the top half of the bottle, turning it into a "bubbler." The tube will draw water up through the whole device, aerating the eggs =)

Story via The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/so-you-know-this-is-how-to-incubate-baby-cephalopods-in-a-soda-bottle/280870/

Image credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium