montereybayaquarium:

Brainy? Beautiful? What words would you use to describe the giant Pacific octopus? Thanks to ©Charlene Boarts for this great photo of a current resident!

Learn more about the giant Pacific octopus.

Nature at it’s best.

NOM.

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astronomy-to-zoology:

Genus Tremoctopus

(Blanket Octopuses)

(not octopi, octopuses is correct when referring to different species)

Blanket octopuses are a genus of pelagic (open water) octopuses that live in most tropical oceans. They get the name blanket due to the fact that the females have long webbing on their tentacles which looks like a blanket. These species exhibit extreme sexual dimorphism as the females are alot bigger than males and have the webbing, whereas males are a few centimeters long and have no webbing. This webbing is used as a defense mechanism, when a predator approaches the female she unveils her webbing making her look alot bigger. They also have the Badass property of being immune to the Portuguese man o war’s toxin and actually rip off their tentacles and use them for defensive purposes.

Phylogeny

Animalia-Mollusca-Cephalopoda-Octopoda-Argonautoida-Tremoctopodidae-Tremoctopus

Image 1 Source, Image 2 Source.

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vanitas-art:

Locomotion of the Octopus vulgaris
Katy Wiedemann

Scientific Illustration for the Narragansett Bay Audubon Society

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dduane:

theartofanimation:

Brian Kesinger

Who IS this woman? She needs a novel written about her and her friend.

…Look at the Mistake on the Rug. Oh God.

Me and my pet octopus. =p

sharktooth-chronicles:

Mollusk In Motion by BarryFackler on Flickr.

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<3

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Macrotritopus sp.

Planktonic paralarvae of this genus spend an extended period in the pelagic before setting.

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blackkittenclan:

rhamphotheca: “Vampire Squid” (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)… not a squid and not a vampire. No one understands me.

Also not an octopus…and the scientific name literally means “vampire squid from hell”

One hell of a creature.

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dduane:

talldarkbishoujo:

shut-up-nanako:

missbananafish:

mysinmysoul:

Look at that fancy octopus. Where are you going, Fancy Octopus? Are you hitting up the octopus clubs? Can I come with you?

Clubtopus 

the club can’t even handle this octopus.

Disco Octopus!

Why does it reminds me of Jafar?

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