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This pigmy octopus (Octopus joubini) was spotted at the DeSoto beach. Waching up on the beach, he quickly finds a shelter in an empty shell.
While Floridians are accustomed to stumble upon many kind of mollusks, octopuses are rarer (and cuter!).
A little test picture I did to test out my new brush pens! The original got kinda messed up by a pen that broke, so I had to edit that stuff out, sorry. Anyway, brush pens are pretty fun!
The ancient Hawaiian creation myth posits that the present cosmos is only the last in a series, having arisen from the wreck of a previous universe. In this telling, the octopus is the lone survivor of that previous universe – an alien creature from another time. Octopus are, in reality, incredibly bizarre and fascinating animals. Highly intelligent, extraordinarily flexible and amazingly complex, they serve as a stark reminder to how truly different the underwater world is from our own. The tentacles pictured here belong to a Giant Pacific Octopus currently residing in the Seattle Aquarium.
Striped pyjama squid slumber party! You can visit these cephalopod hatchlings in our Tentacles special exhibition.
Thank you to staffer Ellen Umeda for the photo!
