#octopus

[anyataylorjoys]

PLANET EARTH III 2023, Episode 02: Ocean - featuring the Pearl Octopus

[butmyloveyouhavewings]

[without-ado]

Cutie-pie of the sea (x)

*Update: this is not a real octopus but a spy bot for research. In a BBC vid(here), the spy bot helps an octopus to protect itself from sharks.

[barelyatouch]

<33

Did you ever wish you had a built-in blanket? Well, this cephalopod doesn’t need to wish… Meet the Indo-Pacific violet blanket octopus (Tremoctopus gracilis)! While males are tiny, rarely growing more than a few centimeters long, females are more than 10,000 times that size—reaching lengths of up to 6 ft (2 m)! Females also sport massive “blankets,” which are actually webs of skin connecting their dorsal arms. When threatened, they can drop these appendages, distracting predators as they make their escape. 

Photo: Mike Bartick, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

[oakleybillions]

Had an INKling to draw a flapjack octopus 🐙

[aquariumpacific]

How we weigh an octopus!

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Mimic octopus? I think they're cool :D

This species is a close relative of the wunderpus.

[claypigeonpottery]

sold

decided to leave the sucker-side of the tentacles partially uncarved, I like the effect

[peppermintbubble]

Underwater Gardener 🐙🌼

A failed shirt, but I still like it. I added it to my print store, too.

[slushle-straw]

I loath this piece

[hadalzonee]

what the octo doin

[official-cephaloposts]

official cephalopod post

And I have made an octopus! First animal I’ve ever made!

[moshanilove]

Sqh

I'm ashamed, honestly

[smokbeast]

Dumbo octopus ref done for @skelekins!

[frontmansdefender]

Hmmm I know octopuses are generally sweet and gentle and are just curious sea puppies (and I love them!), that being said, the thoughts of being dragged by my feet by one of them into the deep and dark ocean is… safe to say new fear has been unlocked

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