Biddle is still a mystery to me of what species. His color changes and texture extremes remind me of G2. Curled up he is the size of a tennis ball, his mantle almost 3" long. I think in the one pic I can see an eyespot surrounded by a broken chain. He's started the collecting process and has pulled everything he can get a hold of to the back of the tank where he lives. I noticed him stalking the 75 lb mutt yesterday but could not get a pic. He inks quite a bit and startles easily. Check out the pronounced spikes in the one pic.

wow thats a beautiful octopus! If you don't mind my asking where did you get him from?

Biddle is growing up! He's a beautiful octopus.
How old is he now?

Nancy

Carol,
Biddle is beautiful! Is she/he day active or both? I can't help thinking about the woman who came up to the Vulgaris tank I was oggling at Mote and commented,"Not much to look at are they". I replied that I thought they were beautiful. She shrugged and said, "That's why there is chocolate and vanilla". Bet she likes vanilla!

July 11th will be 4 months. Biddle came from That Pet Place in Pa. I had no idea what I was buying as if you look back to his "baby" pics he was this little black blob on arrival. And he is Day active, has very thick legs and turns from white with a brown head to polka dot to black with a stripe like a skunk, which I have figured out is his hunting coloration. Plus if he's doing the "conehead" I know I need to move slowly as this means he's close to inking. His ink is very thin and just puts a light fog to the tank. I remember others from the past that would ink and totally black out the tank, but we're talking about 20 years ago when I was the cause of the total inking as I didn't know the importance of very slow acclimating. We just got back from collecting larger crabs for him. Will try to get some more pics tomorrow. He reminds me of G2 very much, with his intense colorations and texture changes. And yes.....I think they are one of the most beautiful creatures on this earth and can't believe the "yuck" :roll:reactions I get when I post one of their pics as my desktop at work!!!

Carol,
I have a picture of Trapper as my computer background and my boss has tried to find some kind of artistic redeaming factor (he likes close ups of roses for his screen saver) but the frown gives his true lack of appreciation away.