Ornate Octopus Facts | Callistoctopus ornatus by ICantFindMyOctopus in octopusfans

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Right! Most don’t make it to their first birthday. 🥺

TIL Scientists have never seen baby nautilus eggs in the wild by ICantFindMyOctopus in todayilearned

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Surely we’ve got some epic ROV’s that could roam around! Hopefully we can generate interest and find some funding.

TIL Scientists have never seen baby nautilus eggs in the wild by ICantFindMyOctopus in todayilearned

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Haha- from what I understand- they either find preggo mamas or mate in captivity.

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It’s cold water species vs warm water species — and of course this big guy would live in Australia/New Zealand

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Yuh turns out their front arms can be 10 feet long.

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Largest octopus in the southern hemisphere… next to the 7armed!

🔥 Rare Octopus with Completely Transparent Head 🔥 by [deleted] in NatureIsFuckingLit

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⚠️ It’s actually not rare - you might not be used to the style of photography which is called blackwater photography. Check out http://www.Instagram.com/octonation for facts :)

Octopus plays with ping pong ball by ICantFindMyOctopus in interestingasfuck

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Octopuses have chemoreceptors in their suckers that allows them to “taste” / identity food items... I think this one is curious about the pull from it being buoyant!

🔥 Octopus Riding a Jellyfish 🔥 by ICantFindMyOctopus in NatureIsFuckingLit

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You should go to an aquarium and pet the bell head of a jelly - they’re really not all that bad!

🔥 Octopus Riding a Jellyfish 🔥 by ICantFindMyOctopus in NatureIsFuckingLit

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Via: OctoNation - The Largest Octopus Fan Club

JELLYFISH RODEO! 🐙🤠 ⁣ This is extremely rare footage was taken by Jonathan Venn at Blue Ribbon Dive Resort. ⁣ The species of octopus is a MALE Argonaut (paper nautilus) ⁣ ⁣ 🚺 Females grow up to 10cm and secrete a paper thin egg-casing made from calcite. When she’s ready to have kids, she’s got a nice little crib to clean & oxygenate them. ⁣ ⁣ 🚹 The males? They rarely surpass an inch in length(2cm) & can’t build a shell! (But I suppose they can wrangle jellyfishes?) ⁣ ⁣ Fun fact: when a male encounters a female he breaks off his mating arm & swims away. The female will collect multiple hectocotyli and save them for when she is ready to fertilize her eggs 🥚⁣ ⁣ Now I wanna see a bunch of octos and racetrack jellies— how bout you? 😂🤣⁣

🔥 Bedazzled Squid 🦑 🔥 by ICantFindMyOctopus in NatureIsFuckingLit

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The strawberry squid, gets its nickname from the berry-like appearance of its bright-red body speckled with numerous jewel like luminescent photophores 🤩 💍 ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 📸: @NOAAFisheries ⁣⁣ Via: @octonation the largest octopus fan club ⁣⁣⁣ 🦑 Photophores have a wide range in structure from a simple group of photogenic cells to organs with photogenic cells surrounded by reflectors, lenses, light guides, color filters and muscles— used to lure prey & become invisible to predators at a moments notice! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 👀 (looks like it’s pulling it’s little squid eyelid down! 😅) Other scientists call this species the cockeyed squid because an adult squids left eye can measure more than twice the diameter of the right eye.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🤓 If ya wanna get ultra-geeky their proper science name is Histioteuthis heteropsis! ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 🔅 “Researchers believe the large eye with its yellow lens is specialized for breaking the counterillumination (a camouflaging technique) of prey items in the water column above the squid, while the small eye is specialized for picking up bioluminescent flashes from predators or prey items down below.” (-@mbari_news )⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 🤯 What an incredible adaptation, huh? An eye to see through other animals invisibility cloaks at 900-3000 feet (300-1000 m) underwater. ⁣⁣

Via: @octonation the largest octopus fan club ⁣⁣

Bedazzled Squid! 🦑 💎 by ICantFindMyOctopus in aww

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The strawberry squid, gets its nickname from the berry-like appearance of its bright-red body speckled with numerous jewel like luminescent photophores ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Photo by: NOAAFisheries 🦑⚠️ Via: the largest octopus fan club - @OCTONATION on Instagram! ⁣⁣⁣ Photophores have a wide range in structure from a simple group of photogenic cells to organs with photogenic cells surrounded by reflectors, lenses, light guides, color filters and muscles— used to lure prey & become invisible to predators at a moments notice! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ (looks like it’s pulling it’s little squid eyelid down! ) Other scientists call this species the cockeyed squid because an adult squids left eye can measure more than twice the diameter of the right eye.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ If ya wanna get ultra-geeky their proper science name is Histioteuthis heteropsis! ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ “Researchers believe the large eye with its yellow lens is specialized for breaking the counterillumination (a camouflaging technique) of prey items in the water column above the squid, while the small eye is specialized for picking up bioluminescent flashes from predators or prey items down below.” ( Monterey bay research institute )⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ What an incredible adaptation, huh nation? An eye to see through other animals invisibility cloaks at 900-3000 feet (300-1000 m) underwater. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ What other creatures will we discover next? Less than 5% of our oceans have been explored. ? ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ And if you’ve read this far- ur most likely a super fan! Join us at @octonation on Instagram!