eastern pacific red octopus

Are octopus aliens?!

Are octopus aliens?!

(Wiki)

(www.lahistoriaconmapas.com )(Monterey Bay 2015)

East Pacific Red Octopus

( Roland Anderson )

(Pat Gunderson)

Low Key:Spend most of time in denNot Aggressive

CephalopodOctobrachiaMost intelligent invertebrateIntelligenceWorking memoryTool use and observational learning

(Beata Svengt)

(Oleg Zabluda)

(Christina Meschkat)

(Christina Meschkat)

150g

Brick red color

(neilfisher.com)

(Onthank 2008)Direct neural contactThree heartsDoughnut shaped brain

Hectocotyle(Georges Cuvier)

(Faquatics)BreedingApril May July AugustIntertidal are to spawnDie shortly after

EggsPlatonic HatchlingsParalarvae

( Samantha Oltman)Red octopus eggs

(noelle023)Paralarvae

(Onthank 2008)

(siddsvids youtube)Drill Holeso. Rubescens catches crab

El Nino(Tracy Saxby)Prey to allSea birdsSealsSea lionsFishSlateSharksEelsDolphinWhales

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Camouflage

(Patrick Anders Webster)

Camouflage

(WorldPress)

Camouflage

(WorldPress)

(Kirt L. Onthank)

Camouflage

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