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Nice Octo
SILAS!
- Thread starter softmick
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Oh, no, there's nothing horrid about Silas!
The Octopus horridus species complex is a group (more than 10 species) of small octopuses found in tropical waters of Indian and central and western Pacific Oceans. These species have long arms with the front arms being the shortest.
Members of the horridus species complex are capable of severing an arm to use as a decoy for preditors - the arm continues writhing.
If Silas is O. aculeatus, then he's probably an adult.
You might want to search on TONMO.com and else where aculeatus - it's a very interesting octopus.
Nancy
The Octopus horridus species complex is a group (more than 10 species) of small octopuses found in tropical waters of Indian and central and western Pacific Oceans. These species have long arms with the front arms being the shortest.
Members of the horridus species complex are capable of severing an arm to use as a decoy for preditors - the arm continues writhing.
If Silas is O. aculeatus, then he's probably an adult.
You might want to search on TONMO.com and else where aculeatus - it's a very interesting octopus.
Nancy
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