61K views · 3.1K reactions | Entranced by this larger Pacific striped octopus' behavior? Us too! "Rediscovered" by our own Rich Ross & UC Berkeley's Roy Caldwell in 2013 (which validated another scientist's 22-year-old findings), its behaviors "fly in the face of nearly everything we know about cephalopods" calacade.my/1N6WbRt. / ️ by Tim Wong | California Academy of Sciences | Facebook

We need a nickname for this move! 🎥: Maxwel Hohn Say Howdy to the wildly elegant East Pacific Red Octopus (aka the Ruby Octopus) ⬆️🐙 See how the octopus stretches its whole body (mantle) upwards? 🐙💨 In situations where an octopus is attempting to defend itself, it can either shoot ink, jet away, or display deimatic behavior. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 😱 Deimatic is a Greek word that means “to frighten”⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Deimatic behaviors are an attempt to startle predators and are commonly used by animals that lack

A male giant Pacific octopus, the largest and longest living octopus species in the world, has found a temporary new home at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Visitor Center. The octopus is one of the biggest OSU has ever had, at 19.5 pounds. It was found and donated to the center by the fishing crew on the F/V Timmy Boy crabbing ship. According to staff at the visitor center, since octopuses are so short-lived, they only keep them for a few months before returning them to the ocean. Video cour