#Giant Pacific octopus

[dailycephalopods]

Pacific giant octopus

Daily Cephalopod #161

#octopus #giant pacific octopus #daily cephalopod #squid mail くコ:彡 #cephalopod #GOOBERS!!! #marine life #ocean creatures #ocean critters #marine biology #zoology #animals #biology #cephalopods #marine animals

[violetsandshrikes]

This is Opal, a Giant Pacific Octopus at the Bellingham Marine Life Centre. She was saved from a dinner plate and is being housed in a 3,000 gallon system while they’re waiting to release her back at her capture site. Apparently her favourite enrichment item is a baby toy ball ❤️

#blessed creature #giant pacific octopus #zooposting #<- not really but that’s my tag for this stuff #katie rambles

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

🐙Daily Cephalopod Fact:🐙

The Giant Pacific Octopus can be found from the intertidal zone down to 6,600 ft, and is best-adapted to colder, oxygen- and nutrient-rich waters. It is one of the largest octopus species on earth and can often be found in aquariums and research facilities in addition to the ocean. They play an important role in maintaining the health and biodiversity of deep sea ecosystems, cognitive research, and the fishing industry.

#giant pacific octopus #pacific octopus #giant octopus #giant cephalopod #cephalopod #facts about cephalopods #daily cephalopod fact #daily cephalopod #cephalopod facts #shark blog #respect the locals #marine animals #marine biology #marine life #marine #ocean life #ocean animal #ocean

[montereybayaquarium]

Have you ever looked at an octopus and wondered, “What is going on in their head?” Well, first of all, that bag-like sac sitting above its eyes isn’t its head. That sac is called the mantle and it's full of all the animal’s vital organs (three hearts, gills, digestive tract, gut, reproductive organs, etc). If you’re wondering where the brain is, it’s located just between the eyes, wrapped around the esophagus like a donut. So every time a cephalopod swallows food, it stretches out its brain a tiny bit—you could say they always have food on their mind! 

So, to arrange yourself like a cephalopod, you’d basically need to take your torso, stack it atop your head, then arrange your limbs around your mouth—TA DA! You’re kinda an octopus! (Things you definitely needed to know today).

#monterey bay aquarium #cephalopod week #giant Pacific octopus #things you can't unsee #three hearts the more to love you with #your morning coffee and a donut shaped brain

[spookiedmango]

Her name is Poppy 🐙

#I decided #octopus #octopuses #octopodes #giant pacific octopus #marine animals #sea creatures #octopus art #marine art #cephalopods #chibi animals #chibi artist #procreate drawings #procreate artist #originals

[dadaonice]

Bikinius Bottomus

#SpongeBob #spongebon squarepants #Patrick Star #characters #Squidward Tentacles #mr krabs #Plankton #Gary the Snail #gari #starfish #anthropomorphic #sea sponge #yellow #pink #red #turquoise #octopus #giant octopus #Giant Pacific octopus #red crab #crab #Copepod #illustration #vintage illustration #vintage #Bikini Bottom #marine life #tv series #animation #friends

[heartnosekid]

a close encounter with a giant pacific octopus 🐙 | source

#giant pacific octopus #sea creatures #stim #sfw #underwater #nature #animals #red #white #black #tentacles #ishy gifs #postish

[aquaristintern]

Meet Ace, our new octopus!

Been with us for two weeks and will be released after two more, as she will be too big to be kept for longer (for reference, she’s currently 31 pounds, and Tanner was 23 by the time he was released)

#personal #octopus #giant pacific octopus #marine life #aquarium #aquablr #went crabbing and fed her today- she eats a red river rock crab everyday plus snacks #so essentially we have to go crabbing a lot lol

[noncompliantcyborg]

trick or treat! mayhaps featuring cephalopods?

trick AND treat: This is a little paralarval giant pacific octopus I photographed back in 2021 named Hilda Doolittle (or maybe Emily Dickinson but I'm pretty sure its Hilda).

Though you can't see them, the outer surface of Hilda's body is covered in countless little chitinous tufts called Kölliker's organs, that she can puff out and retract. Eventually, she'd lose these little tufts before reaching adulthood. While scientists aren't yet certain of their purpose, Kölliker's organs have a huge impact on the surface area of paralarval octopus and may be used to leverage drag for more adept movement while the octopus is small. They estimate surface area is 2/3 greater when all Kölliker's organs are puffed out versus retracted.

#science facts #ask and i shall infodump #trick or treat #halloween #cephalopod #octopus #giant pacific octopus #Enteroctopus dolfeini #octopus paralarvae #Kolliker's organs #marine life #salish sea #my marine life photos #marine biology #science communication #my sci comm

[daily-crabbys]

Imposter crab 🦀

Today's crab is: something's not right here

#daily-crabbys #giant pacific octopus #not crab posting on technicality

[wisegirlandseaweedbrainforever]

Scientists: Silly there's no such thing as sea serpents there's just *another gigantic horifying serpent like animal* but they are completely harmless.

Anyone with a brain: that's just a sea serpent with a name?...

#oarfish #basking shark #giant squid #whale shark #giant pacific octopus

[dailycephalopods]

Pacific Giant Octopus?

Daily Cephalopod #135

#octopus #giant pacific octopus #squid mail くコ:彡 #daily cephalopod #GOOBER!!! #cephalopod #marine life #ocean creatures #ocean critters #marine biology #zoology #animals #biology #cephalopods #marine animals

[eurydike-on-media]

I may or may not be positively obsessed with the Seattle Aquarium and our friends there.

At the Seattle Aquarium, you can learn more about the local marine life as well as learn about conservation and research efforts. Through local collaboration and education, we can work towards lessening and possibly even reversing the harm we’ve done to our environment.

#Eurydike’s #photography #Seattle #PNW #Seattle Aquarium #nudibranch #opalescent #opalescent nudibranch #octopus #giant pacific octopus #limpet #keyhole limpet #aquarium #marine life #seattle sound #wildlife #animal photography #marine photography #conservation #ocean life #seawater #swimming #science communication #education #marine conservation #regeneration

[sitting-on-me-bum]

The poison ocellate octopus, also known as a mototi octopus (Amphioctopus mototi) possesses a venom and displays two large blue ocellates or ‘eyespots’ when stimulated or alarmed. Mototi means poison in the Polynesian language; the first specimen identified came from near the island of Rapa, French Polynesia

Octopuses

Photographer: Douglas David Seifert

A giant pacific octopus in the cold waters off Vancouver Island, Canada

#douglas david seifert #photographer #poison ocellate octopus #mototi octopus #octopos #amphioctopus mototi #venom #rapa #french polynesia #marine photography #nature #giant pacific octopus #vancouver island #canada

[cosmicplanarian]

100 Days of Sea Creatures Day 95 - Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)

Just 5 days left!

#artists on tumblr #artists on instagram #drawing challenge #sea creature art #drawing daily #sea creatures #deep sea creatures #octopus #giant pacific octopus

[your-local-enigma]

yo so i went to the aquarium of the pacific today and it was fucking amazing lmao here’s a pic someone offered to take of me and the giant pacific octo groot (i think that’s its name)

(@aquariumpacific hiii i love your blog…)

#i yell shit #i injured my phone data after that trip LOL #oh well in renews in like under ten days i think #aquarium #giant pacific octopus #my beloved… #just under the humboldt squid #just like ​bairds #aquarium of the pacific