wigmund: “ From National Geographic Photo of the Day; November 4, 2016: “ Sea Things in a New Light Jevin Surjadi, National Geographic Your Shot Backlit octopus eggs look like a clutch of delicate, painted capsules in this image captured by Jevin...
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From National Geographic Photo of the Day; November 4, 2016:

Sea Things in a New Light
Jevin Surjadi, National Geographic Your Shot

Backlit octopus eggs look like a clutch of delicate, painted capsules in this image captured by Jevin Surjadi. But according to the Your Shot photographer, it was no easy shot. “Even with the dive master’s help [holding] the back strobe, which pointed mostly at the wrong angle, there was still the current that [moved] the eggs left and right,” he says. “Luckily, in the split-second window of opportunity when it was not overexposed on one side nor underexposed on the other, this shot was captured.” Taken near Jakarta, Indonesia

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Source: National Geographic

This octopus took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in a CAR PARK

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We can safely say that one thing you would never expect to see in a car park is a live octopus.

You could probably argue that you there is a slight chance you’d see one if it was an aquarium car park, but even then the chances are slim to remote.

However, this octopus managed to get lost somewhere along its journey and ended up slap bang in the middle of the concrete floor of a parking garage in Miami Beach, Florida.

Actually, it wasn’t his fault – it was actually this week’s supermoon that was to blame as it caused higher tides.

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Visitor: The octopus was caught up in high tides as a result of the supermoon (Facebook/Richard Conlin)

James Thomas explained to the Miami Patch: ”Due to the flooding underground or underground systems, as the tide rises you could have sea creatures making their way through the system (and) through pipelines.”

Florida resident Richard Conlin took the photos of multi-limbed visitor, who revealed that there was a happy ending.

He wrote on Facebook: “Security from the building filled a bucket with seawater, rescued it and placed it back in the bay.

”I spoke to them this morning and they said they believe it got away safely.”

Top pic: Facebook/Richard Conlin

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Source: Yahoo!

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ICYMI: We kicked off Cephalopod Awareness Days this past Saturday in conjunction with World Octopus Day! #DidYouKnow that #cephalopods are some of the most exquisite and intelligent creatures, consisting of octopus, cuttlefish, squid and the nautilus? From color-changing skin and suction-cupped tentacles, there’s so much to learn about these animals! Learn more about whale makes these cephalopods so unique in our latest blog. Link in the bio. (at Georgia Aquarium)

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