octopus

Octopus papercraft (made with blender + pepakura)...

Octopus papercraft (made with blender + pepakura)...

Closeups of bigeye octopus ("Octopus californicus")

Closeup of bigeye octopus ("Octopus californicus") eye

Bigeye octopus ("Octopus californicus") guarding her unfertilized eggs

Closeup of bigeye octopus ("Octopus californicus") suckers

Bigeye octopus ("Octopus californicus") eye closeup

Bigeye octopus ("Octopus californicus") mama with unfertilized eggs

Bigeye octopus ("Octopus californicus") mama with unfertilized eggs

Closeups of bigeye octopus ("Octopus californicus") suckers, eggs, and skin/eye

Closeup of a juvenile East Pacific Red Octopus (O. rubescens)

Closeup of a North Pacific Bigeye Octopus (O. californicus)

Comparison between the eye of a bigeye octopus (O. californicus, left) and juvenile red octopus (O. rubescens, right)

North Pacific bigeye octopus (O. californicus)

North Pacific bigeye octopus (O. californicus)

North Pacific bigeye octopus (O. californicus)

North Pacific bigeye octopus (O. californicus)

North Pacific bigeye octopus (O. californicus)

Hi! I do not promote this at ALL but I know it’s a practice done in Japan... so my Friday evening thought is why, when octopus arms are cut off (for food in Japan or eaten by another creature underwater), do octopus arms not bleed... I would love to know. I have been studying octopuses for a...

Juvenile red octopus (O. rubescens)