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An incredibly curious octopus named Rudy at Octolab was introduced to a lively cuttlefish named Mory to play a game of hide-and-seek with each other. This proved to be interesting as both octopuses and cuttlefish are masters of disguise. Each has incredible camouflage skills that allows each of them to…

Beautiful underwater footage captured by Jonathan Gordon shows just how perfectly an octopus can camouflage itself into its surroundings. This guy took me completely by surprise while snorkeling in the Caribbean. I dove down to have a look at the shell that you can see just under where the octopus…

The NatGeo Wild series Animals 101 offers a number of fascinating facts about octopuses. This includes the physiology of an octopus, the color of an octopus’ blood, the mating ritual of octopuses and their incredible ability to camouflage themselves. Their wily mimicry along with many other curious characteristics are just…

In 2018, while exploring the Lembeh Strait in Indonesia, Scuba diving instructor Gregor Irvine captured remarkable footage of a tiny ruby red hairy octopus. The little cephalopod reacted to human presence by slowly and deliberately moving to the other side of the leafy mound in order to provide more camouflage…

In a cloaking clip from the PBS documentary Octopus: Making Contact, a sleeping octopus began changing colors as she seemingly dreamed as she lay upside down in the water. As this was happening, marine biologist Dr. David Scheel amusingly narrated what the dream might be in accordance with the particular…

Sophia Adalaine, an artist in Ann Arbor, Michigan created Taneko, a really adorable line of plush characters that were inspired by puns and wordplay. The primary plush is Taneko the Octopuss, a friendly hybrid cat that has the arms of an octopus. The creature’s and the company’s name comes from…

A tiny baby Atlantic white-spotted octopus, who was welcomed to his new home at Octolab (previously) and given the name Joey, showed his very affectionate side to the people working there. One human even reached in to stroked the velvety skin of his little mantle and Joey responded in a…

SciFri paid a visit to the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where manager Bret Grasse shared the mission of this unusual, but fascinating startup he calls the “cephalopod empire“. Their mission centers around the breeding, care and study of thousands of different types of cephalopods . specifically…