Original: The young larval octopuses spend a period of time drifting in clouds of plankton , where they feed on copepods , larval crabs and larval starfish until they are ready to descend to the ocean bottom , where the cycle repeats .
Simplified: The young larval octopuses spend a period of time drifting in clouds of plankton , where they feed until they are ready to descend to the ocean bottom , where the cycle repeats .