Male and female blanket octopuses have very different ways of protecting themselves from hungry predators. Discover more about octopuses' astonishing abilities and behaviours: http://nhmlondon.org/Octopus-May21 | Natural History Museum, London
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Male and female blanket octopuses have very different ways of protecting themselves from hungry predators. Discover more about octopuses' astonishing abilities and behaviours: http://nhmlondon.org/Octopus-May21 | Natural History Museum, London
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Marine biology on Instagram: "The extremely rare and beautiful blanket octopus 🐙 Did you know, blanket octocpus exhibit sexual dimorphism (which means males and females have very different body sizes) with males being much smaller than the females 🤯 The males can be around the size of a peanut 🥜 while females can reach up to 6 ft in length 🫢 How crazy is that! Recent scientific articles have suggested that the blanket octopus may not be as rare as we think, but the probability of encounterin
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Marine biology on Instagram: "The extremely rare and beautiful blanket octopus 🐙 Did you know, blanket octocpus exhibit sexual dimorphism (which means males and females have very different body sizes) with males being much smaller than the females 🤯 The males can be around the size of a peanut 🥜 while females can reach up to 6 ft in length 🫢 How crazy is that! Recent scientific articles have suggested that the blanket octopus may not be as rare as we think, but the probability of encounterin
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Blanket octopus pairs are perhaps the undersea world's oddest couples: males only grow an inch long but females can reach 6 ft in length, i.e., females can weigh up to 40,000 times more than males. This is a colorful female blanket octopus that was filmed off the coast of the Philippines.
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Blanket octopus pairs are perhaps the undersea world's oddest couples: males only grow an inch long but females can reach 6 ft in length, i.e., females can weigh up to 40,000 times more than males. This is a colorful female blanket octopus that was filmed off the coast of the Philippines.
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How many cephalopod species can you name off the top of your head? GO! 🐙🔱 The rarely sighted female blanket octopuses can grow to six feet and has long flowing sheets of iridescent flesh trailing behind her. She’s basically Wonder Woman of the sea. ⁣ ⁣ 🌈 The graceful cape of the blanket octopus helps her appear much bigger & intimidating to potential predators as she spends her entire life swimming in the open ocean! Only decending slightly to avoid predators. ⁣ ⁣ 😱In situations of distress,
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This blanket octopus was spotted on the Great Barrier Reef last week. This is the fourth ever sighting of the octopus as it's very rare. The females, which can stretch up to 2 metres long and 10 kg in weight, grow to be 40,000 times heavier and 100 times larger than the males, which are – wait for it – 2.4 cm. Read more about these incredible marine animals here: https://bit.ly/3A8yveu 🎥 Jacinta Shackleton | Australian Geographic
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How gorgeous is this blanket octopus?! Jacinta Shackleton managed to film one of the most rarely encounted octopus species while snorkeling a couple days ago... a young female blanket octopus! Look at her superhero cape nation!!! 🦸‍♀️ 👽 If aliens landed long ago, you can see why many people would think they live underwater! The female blanket octopus has a disproportionately sized spouse, a cape that would make any superhero jealous, and has been observed ripping off the stinging tentacles of
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