Caring for Octopuses, Squid, and Cuttlefish on Co-op | Northeastern University

Matt Everett, an undergraduate at Northeastern University, spent a six-month co-op (extended internship) with Taylor Sakmar and Bret Grasse in 's Cephalopod Operations program. Everett was given an independent project to pursue: Figure out how to raise the Lesser Pacific Striped Octopus (Octopus chierchiae), which had never been cultured in captivity before. He relished the challenge!

Growing up, Marine Biology student Matt Everett always knew he wanted to be a scientist, and he always knew he wanted to break new ground. Discovering something no one had ever known before, paving new ground in science was a driving force behind his career choice.

Matt Everett and a California Two Spot octopus in one of ’s outreach tanks. Credit: Tim Briggs
Matt Everett and a California Two Spot octopus in one of ’s outreach tanks. Credit: Tim Briggs

In his co-op at (), he’s doing just that. 

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