Okay, there's more to yesterday's octopus story. After Eric spotted the first octopus, a few minutes later I looked down and noticed a second one! The first octopus was fairly large for a Red Octopus, but the second one was quite small —
only ~2.5 cm across (with its arms pulled in).
Spread out on a cobble:
Among shells and stones:
Pretending to be a snail. The octopus tucked in its arms, then crawled (slowly) across the rock, as if to say, "Nothing to see here...only a snail gliding along...no octopus in sight. (Wink!)"
2 comments:
So absolutely fascinating! Thank you for sharing.
Your post also reminded me of a great story about a deep-sea octopus I heard on the Radiolab podcast a few weeks ago, based on accounts from researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. It is very entertaining and really worth listening to: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/octomom
Hi, Doerte!
Thanks very much for the recommendation. I look forward to listening to that episode!
:) Jackie
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