3/11/08
The Blanket Octopus
Meet the tremoctopus.
Utterly intriguing, this creature inhabits the waters off the coast of Florida, Hawaii, and the Gulf of Mexico, as well as Australia and, I'm assuming from the video below, possibly Japan (?).
The female outweighs and outsizes the male by up to 100 times! When swimming around, business as usual, the octopus looks rather normal, almost cute. But threaten her, and she unfurls a cape-like webbing meant to frighten predators away. This video is the only one that I was able to find:
Here's some more in-depth and technical reading as well as lovely photos.
Utterly intriguing, this creature inhabits the waters off the coast of Florida, Hawaii, and the Gulf of Mexico, as well as Australia and, I'm assuming from the video below, possibly Japan (?).
The female outweighs and outsizes the male by up to 100 times! When swimming around, business as usual, the octopus looks rather normal, almost cute. But threaten her, and she unfurls a cape-like webbing meant to frighten predators away. This video is the only one that I was able to find:
Here's some more in-depth and technical reading as well as lovely photos.
Labels: bizarre, ocean, octopus, sea creatures, undersea, weird
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At March 15, 2008 10:00 AM ,
Emily said...
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