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OctoNation's mission Is to Inspire wonder of the ocean by educating the world about octopuses. Our vision Is to be a global leader In wildlife education, research, and conservation. After reading @SyTheAuthor 's "The Soul of an Octopus' In 2015, Sy mentioned that the octopus
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🛑STOP whatever you're doing and consider the fact that there's an octopus out there RIDING JELLYFISH and SECRETING CALCITE OUT OF HER ARMS. Yes, the Argonaut octopus exists and she's the coolest thing on your feed rn! Learn More: 🎥OneBreathDiver/IG
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@ someone and say hello! 👋 ⁣ Chris, an aquarist at @london_aquarium taught the little #octopus named inkling to wave! *squee!*⁣ ⁣ Boy is it hard to wave with no bones tho! 🐙😂⁣ ⁣ 1st Lesson: Waving 👋 2nd Lesson: WORLD DOMINATION 🌎 #animals #nature #scicomm #love
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This. Never. Gets. Old. 🤩🐙🤯 🎥: ibrahim elhariry/IG Chromatophores are small, pigment-containing cells controlled by an array of muscles and nerves. These tiny, elastic sacs of color can expand or contract. When a chromatophore is relaxed, the sac contracts, which
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Katherine Lu🥈Ocean Photographer of the Year 22 "A female blanket octopus gracefully gliding through the night. It was photographed under difficult conditions, low visibility from volcanic ash post the Taal volcano eruption and the eerie sounds of earthquakes rumbling underwater"
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Meet the boxing superstar of the sea, the Mototi [Moh-toh-tee] Octopus! This charismatic species is known for striking a pose like a pro boxer—on its arms, front two curled, ready to roll with the punches! 🥊 🗺️ Born and raised in the South Pacific, it's locally known as
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⬇️ Which fact below surprised you? 🐙👀 🎥: @onebreathdiver /IG 🤩 The sand octopus is considered an “ecosystem engineer” because instead of shape shifting and color matching to its environment, it burrows (read: YEETS) itself underground. While other octos might bury
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Motherhood, for the octopus, is the ultimate sacrifice. 🎥: @AndreJohnsonPhoto /IG Once she's found out a suitable den, she'll haul some rocks over to create a shield for her octo-nursery. And when it's time to lay her eggs, she'll flip herself upside down and cling to the
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What do ya suggest we call this behavior? 📸: Erick.Higuera/IG The female argonaut octopus shown here is demonstrating impressive social behavior that you’ve most likely never seen before… 👀 Picture this: a bunch of fearless octo-mothers, who have been working their whole
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Say hello to the Tropical Bottletail Squid! #animals 🎥 @_bugdreamer_ Nicknamed “globitos,” by Spanish scientists which translates to little balloons! 🎈 👾 How little? Paper clip sized — smaller than a USB flash drive! (3cm/1.2in) 📎 Learn more:
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Ever heard of a “big-eye jellyhead”? (Yup, that’s it’s actual nickname) 🎥: @deepseauwa Cirrothauma magna is a mysterious, deep-sea cirrate octopus. Cirrate’s are a suborder of octo with hair-like cirri on their suckers and epic body fins; however, they don’t do the whole
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🦑 Glass squids of the genus Leachia are basically living Invisibility cloaks, isn’t that wild? 👀 Look closely very closely— a cigar-shaped digestive gland, which is the cephalopod equivalent of a mammal's liver, can be seen through their clear tissue. 🔝 What’s even more
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Whoaaaa— have any of our ceph researchers seen behavior like this? 🥰🤯
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@CatMom913 @TheOctoNation And octopus pretending to be cuttlefish.
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Can confirm 🐙🤩 anyone else?
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🐙🎉Out of 18,000 entries from 42 nations, Magnus Lundgren’s photograph titled “Flamenco dancer” a female blanket octopus unfurling her vibrant cape amidst the Philippine night waters was awarded runner up,🥈second place, in the Underwater Category for the 2023 GDT Wildlife
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[Caption this!] What’s this octopus thinking? 🎥: BrookeSirahPhotography/IG 🍭 Giant Pacific octopuses are like kids at a candy store when they stumble upon a crab or prawn trap!🦀 Can’t blame em for wanting to jump on the elevator buffet! Learn more:
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Have you heard of this octopus before? 👻 The ghostly Vulcan Octopus is the only known cephalopod that lives where freezing seawater meets magma! 🔥 🌋 yup, this toxic environment is paradise on earth for them! Vulcans can handle temperatures ranging from just 33°F (1°C) all
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⬆️Caption this video⬆️⁣ Oh, it isn’t the weekend yet? 🐙💨 ⁣ 🎥: dmcthediver ⁣ #ocean #sciencetwitter #octopus #scicomm #animals
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🦑 Can you believe that the Bobtail #Squid is only the size of a raspberry? They hide during the day- but if they're in danger you'll see them change colors to look exactly like the sand (you can see this one start to do it!) 🎥: @underwater_tribe #scuba #diving
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🤯 WHOA. Nickname this move! 🎥 @ScienceChannel The Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea) has this trick called “passing cloud” where it creates a dark cloud that moves along its body— how many times did you watch? 🤩 OK, but why does it do this? 🤔 🦀 These smarties use
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OctoBabyFever!🎥 @ShereeMarris Think of an octopus hatchling like a college freshman moving out for the first time. They have a "survival kit" in the form of a yolk sac, filled with essential nutrients to survive until ready to hunt for food, like a final care package from mom🥹
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Was this a punch or a slap? 🎥 ian haggerty Have you seen the meme that says octopus punch fish for NO reason? NAH, THERE IS DEF A REASON— We’ll explain. Imagine this: You’re an octopus cruisin’ around trying to find some grub and mind your own business, when all of a
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Caption this Video! 🪩🐙 🎥: @MBARI_News Depending on species, Baby Octopuses can hatch as open ocean travelers or homebodies. Some octos hatch into a planktonic stage, like adventurous backpackers with their nutritious yolk snack in tow, while others are benthic upon
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🤩 Check out this snapshot of a baby Wunderpus taken by @andrey_shpatak /IG using blackwater photography. If you're new to the term, blackwater photography is a style of underwater photography that involves diving at night! The dark background really makes the vibrant color
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Where are our blue ringed fans at? 🎥 @kevingaca 🗺️: @SeaExplorersPH 👁️ Humans can see light in wavelengths between 380 and 700 nanometers (nm). 🌈That’s the entire rainbow spectrum, from red (700) to violet (380) But ultraviolet (UV) light? – it’s like nature’s
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What color would you call this? 🎥: @themoonlitreef ➡️ Look VERY closely— can you see the 👁 eye of a sharp nose puffer? Caribbean reef octopuses can throw their arms over an object and deploy their arm webbing- kinda like a parachute! It’s called “tenting” 🎪 Depending on
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🐙 Despite its small size, the blue-ringed octopus carries enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within minutes. With a venom 1,000 times more powerful than cyanide, it’s one of the most dangerous animals in the ocean 🤭 #Octopus #Scuba #cephalopod #conservation
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The Maori Octopus is one of the largest species in the southern hemisphere! 🎥: @Nico_Scuba /IG Wanna hear something wild about octopus age? Scientists have not yet developed a way to accurately determine the age of most octopuses, like the Giant Pacific octopus, for example.
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🐙 Sand Octopuses blast themselves almost a foot underground! ⁣⁣⁣⁣ 🕳 They breathe by creating a “chimney” like hole with their arm ⁣⁣ 🧠 Once underground, It secretes a mucus to reinforce the walls of its predator-proof bunker so it won’t cave in! 🎥 Jules Casey #nature
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A mesmerizing #cuttlefish mimicking the movement, texture, and color of seaweed. Impressed? Share with someone you know! 🎥: KazHing #nature #animals #australia #Sydney #science #MolluscMonday
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Whats goin on here?! wrong answers only 🎥: Star of the South Project 🐙 Maori Octopus Vs. Swellshark! 🦈 Marine survey pro tip: Attach a bait bag to a camera and you’ve basically got the underwater version of a hummingbird feeder! Even the squid squad shows up! 🦑 Enter
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What’s goin on here? Wrong answers only. 🎥: mr.seaoctopus/IG ⬇️ 👅 Octopus improve their sense of taste, smell, and grip on objects by twirling their arms and exfoliating the outer most layer of their suckers! 💅 Yup— just like you have nails to protect your fingers, octopus
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Cuttlefish skin has the highest resolution of any other cephalopod. Which means they have more color changing chromatophores per square inch of their skin than any squid or octopus. Could you imagine having TV screen skin?🤯⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Video: Wataru #S2CLUB 沖縄 #okinawa #nature
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Do you have a favorite octopus species? 🎥: @jacintashackleton /IG managed to film one of the most rarely encounted octopus species while snorkeling... a young female blanket octopus! Look at her superhero cape nation!!! 🦸‍♀️ 👽 If aliens landed long ago, you can see why many
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Repost this Squishy DiscoBall for good luck ✨🦑🪩✨Video by our friends, @SchmidtOcean ! “You can’t look at one of these and not wonder what’s going on with them!,” said visual ecologist Katie Thomas. ( @katiethomaskt ) 🕵️‍♀️🍓Dr. Katie went into Sherlock Holmes mode when she
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Which fact below was most interesting? 📏 It’s always FlexFriday! 💪 The Ornate Octopus boasts arms that are 6 to 8 times the length of its mantle (body). Imagine having over 6 foot long arms; you’d never need a ladder again! 🪜 (~2 meters) 🛑 No Detachable Arms Here! While
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👀 🧠 #Cuttlefish fun fact: Cuttlefish have demonstrated embryonic learning— essentially they can watch and learn through observing the world outside of their egg casing prior to hatching 🤯 #scicomm #diving
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What fascinates you the most about the info below? 🐙 “New Year, New Octopus” 🎉 🎥: @SchmidtOcean While some deep-sea octos can take 4-8 years to hatch their eggs in chilly waters, pearl octo-moms are like, “Nah, let’s wrap this up in less than two!” Octo-mamas that live in
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Just Restocked! Help us keep our science writers writing and pick up a squishy bundle of joy from #Education #STEM #ScienceTwitter #ValentinesDay
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In our late night deep dive into the octopus that builds a biological stroller for her kiddos-- we also found this helpful illustration on how argo mamas maintain their position in the water column carting her eggs & body around! I've titled this phenomenon "bobbing for
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If #LawNerds are wondering who is running @TheEmilyDBaker 's chat-- it's the COO (Chief Operating Octopus) If you need an extra arm around the house--
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What fact did you find most fascinating?🦑 🎥: @SchmidtOcean Magnapinna, also known as the Bigfin squid, are elusive deep-sea dwellers that look like the Flying Spaghetti Monster! “Magna” means “large” in Latin, and “pinna” translates to “fin” So, the name “Magnapinna”
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Where are our cuttle fans at?!👾🎉 🎥: @dave_dives /IG Cuttles use their bodies, arms, and fins to communicate. They might raise their arms in a “V” to appear larger and more intimidating, like a bodybuilder doing a double bicep pose 💪 Or they might lock arms with their
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Who here lovez cuttles?! 👾🥰 🎥: @_christine_ch /IG 👾 Cuttlefish are extremely efficient predators that have slingshot-like tentacles that blast out of sockets behind their eyes! 🤯Yup, read that again! ⬆️ 🌱 When the clever cuttle puppy in this video saw the fish , it’s
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The Big Book of bläckfiskar (octopus, squid, nautilus, cuttlefish, vampire) published in 2022 By Celia Svedhem & Filippa Widlund. A must have book whether you can or can’t read Swedish — the illustrations are gorgeous!!! Wonder if we can get enough interest to translate it?
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The White “V” #Octopus flashes white when a predator gets too close in order to make it appear larger & more spooky! 👻 ⁣ ⁣ Watch this species move along in speculative bottom searching mode where it will snake it’s arms out & direct them to search for food! 🎥: suuspixs
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Caption this Video! 🎥: BrookeSirahPhotography/IG 🍭 Giant Pacific octopuses are like kids at a candy store when they stumble upon a crab or prawn trap! 🍪 I mean, Imagine walking into your kitchen and seeing a jar full of fresh baked cookies! 🤤 It’s no surprise that
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What should this move be called? 🎥: down_the_mirror/IG This galloping squishy critter is a bobtail squid — often mistaken as a cuttlefish! But here is how to tell em apart ⬇️ 👗 Cuttlefish have a flowing skirt-like fin that wraps around their entire body— pair this
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➡️ Caption this video! 🐙 🎥: @pretyflyforawyguy /IG Imagine having hundreds of fingers that could not only hold objects but also taste them at the same time? Ya know how you dip a toe or finger into water to see how cold it is before you swim? Imagine if ya did that and could
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Imagine being 30 football fields under the sea, a place SO deep that no sunlight can reach it! (2,650+ meters!) Here, the landscape is alien-like, covered with rocky cliffs, colonies of tubeworms, and shimmering hydrothermal vents that spew heated, mineral-rich water. 🌋👀 Get
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What fascinates you most about octopuses? 🎥: @ANGARIocean Let’s enter the world of the Caribbean Reef Octopus, the shimmering, big-eyed, STAR of nocturnal hunts! This is the legendary “parachute attack”. 🪂 Imagine a skydiver swooping down with a giant parachute.
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Where are our Giant Pacific Octo fans at?! 📸: @AndreyShpatak /IG 🐙 Many people have an irrational fear of giant octopuses (largely due to Hollywood films)… but guess what? There is a reason octopuses have survived for hundreds of millions of years-- and it’s not by putting
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An apparently very rare deep-water Squid, Chtenopteryx sicula, making an appearance in Osezaki, Japan. #ikelite
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🗺️ ROLL CALL: Where in the world do you live? 👀 Octopus ALWAYS have to be on the look out for predators. 🦅 This cormorant is diving down to find a snack and the octopus is not having it! 🐙🚫 Watch the octopus flash colors and wack at this pesky bird (deimatic behavior)
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Rate your octo obsession from 1 to 8 🎥: @snorkeldownunder /IG There isn’t much published on this specific species of octopus — so here is what we know... 🗺 Discovered in northern tropical Australia, the Red-Spot Night Octopus (RSNO) hangs around & hunts in intertidal rock
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Having octosuckers would be like having hundreds of built-in food critics on your arm. Every sucker can taste & smell food BEFORE they bite— HOW? Chemotactile sensing baby!— it helps the octopus identify & avoid toxic or inedible prey 🎥 mr.seaoctopus/IG
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Question: 👽 Does referring to octopus as 'alien' make you curious about them or make them seem more bizarre/unrelatable?🐙
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🤯 Wait— there is an acorn sized male octopus riding jellies in search of a shelled octo-goddess?! 🤩🐙🥰 🎥: @ryominemizu /IG ⬇️ At first glance, this tiny octo may look like an adorable baby octopus, but don’t be fooled! This is a full-grown, underwater cowboy on a mission to
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This is literally me... 📸: Ernie Black Hawaiian Day Octopus
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Fun Cephalopod Fact: If you post a picture of a cephalopod and caption it "this is literally me," no one can stop you
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Who else is watching this on repeat? 🎥: @scubarista /IG 🏆 Think your latest flatscreen TV is state-of-the-art? Meet the skin of a Day Octopus — it’s so advanced it’ll have ya saying “Cute pixel attempt, HUMANS!” Seriously, their skin is like nature’s version of an 8K, 3D
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Giant Australian Cuttlefish, AKA squishy rainbow puppies, can grow to be ~3 feet long! (about the length of a full size guitar! 🎸👾🤘) Here are some other facts that will make ya go WHOA!
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Check out this “eye-conic” Squid! 😏 🎥: @SchmidtOcean 🦑⬇️ “You can’t look at one of these and not wonder what’s going on with them,” said visual ecologist Katie Thomas. ( @katiethomaskt ) 🕵️‍♀️🍓Dr. Katie went into Sherlock Holmes mode when she first set eyes on the strawberry
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What fascinates you most about the octopus? 🎥: @RoneyDives Most know that octopus can regrow an arm as good as new, but did you know they can also regenerate their cornea? ⛔️⛔️ 👁️ The cornea is the transparent, outer layer of the eye that protects the eye from debris and
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🦑Some people get confused when they look at the bobtail squid and think it’s a cuttlefish - but cuttlefish have a skirt-like fin that wraps around the whole body- the bobtail squid has fins that look like angel wings 👼 Can you spot the difference now? #cephlapod #squid #scuba
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🐙 🤸‍♀️ Octobatics: which pose is your favorite? 📸: @bobtec /IG This photo style is black water photography, where adventurous underwater photographers go miles offshore over deep oceanic water at night to photograph critters most people have never even heard of! Could you
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Nature finds a way, doesn’t it?⬇️ 🎥: @mekaialyo /IG Avatar exists in our oceans— but instead of blue humanoids riding Banshees — you’ve got the Argonaut octopus riding atop the bell of a jellyfish, steering herself around the ocean while, at the same time, secreting calcite out
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What’a this move called? [wrong answers only] 🎥: @_bugdreamer_ One of the coolest tricks in the cuttles playbook is the “passing cloud” display. They’re like a squishy disco ball on the ocean’s dance floor! 🪩🕺 👽🤔& Who knows, they’re probably speaking an alien language
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Caption this Video! Divemaster Ben from @MantaDiveGili said “My mates just checking it’s me before agreeing on a photo shoot!” 📸 🐙 It’s common for regular divers in this area to make lots of octo friends! Learn more about the coconut octopus here:
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Mimic octopus mimicking what appears to be a banded sea snake & then POOF green algae 🌱 Their scientific name, Thaumoctopus mimicus, is derived, in part, from the Greek word thaûma, meaning “miracle” 🤩 More facts: #nature #wildlife #ocean
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ちくちくなポーズのコブシメ
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It’s a vibe ✨🐙✨ 💋 @CephalopodToday
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An Octopus Riding A Jellyfish?! Gotta Retweet, we don't make the rules. Footage: Jonathan Venn at @DiveRibbon #Nature #WildlifeWednesday #WorldOctopusDay excitement
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Banded string arm octopus or baby Flying Spaghetti Monster?
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Which fact below is surprising to you? 🎥: @dave_dives /IG 1️⃣ Giant Australian Cuttlefish are like curious squishy puppy dogs— it might not seem like it, but they can grow to weigh 23 pounds (10.5kg)—that’s equivalent to carrying around 3 gallons of water!⁣⁣ Yeesh! 2️⃣
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Octopus give themselves manicures! 🎥: @matthewunderH2O 👅 Octopus improve their sense of taste, smell, and grip on objects by twirling their arms and exfoliating the outer most layer of their suckers! 💅 Yup— just like you have nails to protect your fingers, octopus have a
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What should this stance be called? 🎥: @_bugdreamer_ Marcelo mentioned that this long arm octopus was posing for the camera and then curiously began standing on all arms! 🔭 Scientists refer to this as the tripod stance! 👀 This species does this to peel around their
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Can octopus breathe on land? 🤔 🎥: snorkeldownunder⁣/IG ⬇️ ⁣ 🐙💨 When in water octopuses breathe by pumping water across their gills. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🚫☠️ whelp, since octos have no bones— when they leave the water, their gills are no longer buoyant, so they collapse and can’t take
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Ruler of the southern hemisphere 🐙 The Maori Octopus:
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One of these corals is not like the other... hmmm...
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Octopus Cyanea relies on hundreds of thousands of pinpoint-sized pigment cells called chromatophores that can change color to match the environment & communicate their mood Can you imagine having a TV screen display for skin? 🎥: Stella Ditt #nature #earthday #science #animals
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What should this hypnotic display be called? 🎥: @_bugdreamer_ One of the coolest tricks in the cuttles playbook is the “passing cloud” display. They’re like a squishy disco ball on the ocean’s dance floor! 🪩🕺 🤔& Who knows, they’re probably speaking an language that we
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How would you react to this? 🎥 @snorkeldownunder /IG Can octopus breathe on land? We know that underwater, they use gills to pump water and extract oxygen. But since they lack bones, their gills collapse out of water, making it tough to breathe! 😮‍💨 However, check this
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🐙Caption this Photo!🥰 A deep sea flapjack octopus cozying up with a fish! Here are some fun facts about this species:
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5 Facts about the Southern Sand #Octopus ! ⁣⁣ 🚫 1. This species can’t shift colors, so it’s learned to survive with a fascinating defense tactic! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 💦 2. They shoot jets of water to create quick sand and then blast almost a foot into the ground. #scuba #diving #STEM
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What fact below surprised you? 🎥: @SchmidtOcean Meet the 7-armed octopus, also known as Haliphron atlanticus! Now, don’t be fooled – it actually has eight arms. The secret lies in the male’s seventh arm, which is a special reproductive arm called a hectocotylus
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Do you have a favorite octo species? 🎥: @Nico_Scuba /IG Wanna hear something wild about octopus age? Scientists have not yet developed a way to accurately determine the age of most octopuses, like the Giant Pacific octopus, for example. An octopus beak, in particular, has
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What fact below fascinates you the most? 🎥: hungryyuko/IG ⬇️ Have you ever had one of those days where you just want to blend in and not be noticed? Like when you’re in your hometown grocery store during a holiday or at the gym with your headphones on? (Just me?) Octopus
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Octopuses are Iconic! 🐙 @club_cryptid 🎶
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“And like… nobody knows I’m just as lethal as the blue ringed octopus! It’s always BRO BRO BRO!” 😤 -Mototi Octopus aka poison ocellate
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It looks like this octopus is trying give a lecture while the diver patiently listens.
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🤯 The more ya learn, the cooler they are 🐙 Baby octopuses develop a temporary organ that acts as a biological guardian angel. These tiny structures not only help them navigate the seas, but also double their size for camouflage and survival. Read more here:
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Ever heard of this octopus species? 🎥: @renatewijma_ /IG Meet the hairy octopus, the ocean’s very own hair model or as we like to call em’ ‘Chewbactopuses’! 📎 About the size of a paper clip, this tiny critter has a unique camouflage skill— with skin protrusions that make it
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What Fact Below Fascinates you the most? 🎥: @_bugdreamer_ Say hello to the Tropical Bottletail Squid! Can you think of a cuter nickname? 🥰 The one we like the most is “globitos,” coined by Spanish scientists which translates to little balloons! 🎈 👾 How little? Paper
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What would be a good nickname for this Octo? 🎥: Sina.Joelle/IG First off, let’s talk about looks (cuz they can actually kill) The Mototi (Mo-toe-tay) octopus is covered in big, brown chevrons called “maculae” that give it a distinctly stylish vibe. Normally they have
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🚨 Can we hype up the fact that this EXISTS on our planet today? Where y’all at? *taps mic* 🎥: @SchmidtOcean 🐙 Octopuses are divided into two suborders: 1️⃣ Cirrina/Cirrata - ‘Finned’ octopuses that have a small, internal shell and two fins on their head (ex. Dumbo,
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🤩 What color would you call this? 🎥: @oscarramirezphoto /IG ➡️ ya know how most people have a preference when it comes to writing with their left or right hand? ⁣⁣ ⛔️ Research shows that octopus have a preferred eye for tracking objects. ⁣⁣ And even more fascinating, the
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If you could pick any animal to be the mascot of the ocean, who would it be? 📸: @andrey_shpatak /IG Avatar exists in our oceans— but instead of blue humanoids riding Banshees — you’ve got the brilliant female Argonaut riding atop the bell of a jellyfish, steering herself around
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The Flapjack Octopus is so cute that scientists wanted to name it “Adorabilis” - Learn more about this cutie right here:
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What fact below fascinates you the most? 🤩🤔🐙 🎥: mr.seaoctopus/IG The Caribbean Reef Octopus possesses a unique anatomy that serves as its secret weapon while hunting. Its arms, four to six times the length of its mantle, are lined with two rows of large suckers capable
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