Spot on!
Meet the two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides), now in Tentacles. This medium-sized octopus (mantel length is 7 inches, arms 23 inches) is named for its main identifying features, the two bright blue eyespots on either side of its mantel.
The glowing eyespots may trick predators and prey alike into thinking that the blue-eyed beauty marks are its actual eyes. Meanwhile the cunning two-spot octopus lives to see another night while feasting on a shelled morsel.
This octopus is found in deep waters from central California to northern Baja, California. This species, like many species of cephalopods, lives for a brief 1-1.5 years.
Prowling coral colonies, the Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) is built to blend in. This camouflage artist flashes through skin textures and shades of blue, green, red and brown–allowing it to sneak up and envelop prey in a gauzy web of tentacles.
Get up close in our Tentacles exhibition
Source: actuallycute
“Octopus”
Nov 2014
You know it’s going to be a good day when a cuttlefish comes to sit on your hand
(via ilovecephalopods)
Source: critty123
Source: traditional-japan
An animation made from photographs I took at the New England Aquarium.
I know I’m a serious scientist and not supposed to refer to cuttlefish fins as bedskirts but look at this guys little bed skirt ruffle I love it.
(via squidscientistas)
Source: arwynnymph
Mating octopuses
Photo by Robert F. Sessions, 1971.
I haven’t put up any photos for aaages so here are some I took recently! A common octopus and a spot fin lion fish.
I was pleased how the new lens worked noticeably better in low light! :D
Tako Tuesday🐙
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