Piggy backing off of Dee's wed photo. This guy was out on the sand with nowhere to hide. When I approached, it changed colors and melted into the sand. Looked like it had been poured on the sand. After I backed off, it re-inflated and moved off.
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That's amazing! In the second one, if it wasn't for his eyes, it would almost impossible to find it, much less identify it.
boydski
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Those are great shots. I'm always amazed to watch those guys changing color as they move along the bottom. Their camouflage is almost perfect at times.
Here is a picture of a Giant Pacific Octopus ( must be a cousin to yours ) between color changes as it dropped down a wall yesterday in Puget Sound.
Here is a picture of a Giant Pacific Octopus ( must be a cousin to yours ) between color changes as it dropped down a wall yesterday in Puget Sound.
Absolutely superb!
Rick
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Wow, awesome shot! I'd be wary of these guys now, though. Particularly after seeing the video of one of them catching and killing a 4-5ft shark.
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boydski
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I saw that video the other day, and it was actually on PBS again last night. You're right, it suprised me that an Octopus would capture and eat a 4' shark! There are more photos of the Octopus here , and as soon as I took the 4th picture, he "reached out and said Hello", which startled me, and made me remember the video!
This is a Medium-large Octopus ( and probably a Male ), the Mantel ( head area ) is about as long as a Beach Ball, but the legs were only about 7' long. We saw one that was much bigger a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't have my camera. Seems like you always see the coolest stuff when you leave your camera at home!
I really loved the part where the keepers started out thinking the octopus might not survive in the aquarium with those big sharks and when the sharks started disappearing they didn't know what to say <LOL>.
There was some awesome video of that octopus habitrail with the animal moving down those glass spirals and through little slits in the wall. Amazing, driven by curiosity and intelligence.
The best part of the show was the video made in the dark when one of the keepers observed that crabs in a nearby tank kept ending up as shells but their was no evidence. So they stayed overnight and videotaped the octopus leaving the aquarium sliding down the side, crossing the floor, climbing up the side of the crab tank eating its fill, then returning again to it's own aquarium. Unbelievable, when you actually see these things happening.
There was some awesome video of that octopus habitrail with the animal moving down those glass spirals and through little slits in the wall. Amazing, driven by curiosity and intelligence.
The best part of the show was the video made in the dark when one of the keepers observed that crabs in a nearby tank kept ending up as shells but their was no evidence. So they stayed overnight and videotaped the octopus leaving the aquarium sliding down the side, crossing the floor, climbing up the side of the crab tank eating its fill, then returning again to it's own aquarium. Unbelievable, when you actually see these things happening.
boydski
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boydski great find on the video! It gave me chill bumps watching it again, especially the last few words of the narrator - "kind of gives new meaning to the words 'TOP PREDATOR'!"
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