10 Amazing and Unusual Octopuses

10 Amazing and Unusual Octopuses

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10. Blue Ring Octopus

The blue-ringed octopus species lives in small tidal pools and coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian sea. While not very big they are among the deadliest animals in the sea.

9. Benthic octopus

Benthoctopus is actually a genus of the deep-sea octopus who crawls over timbers within shipwrecks. Mainly seen in the Northeast Atlantic sea, very little is known about this rare and shy creature.

8. Blanket Octopus

The “blanket” part of this octopuses name is a reference to the long transparent webs stretched between the blanket octopus’ arms like vast blankets of flesh. When the octopus feels threatened, it displays them in their entirety making it look much larger than it actually is.

7. Hydrothermal Vent Octopus

This small benthic octopus lives in superheated hydrothermal vents. Its eyes are covered by a thin semi-translucent skin that helps him see in the deepest of waters.

6. Wolf Octopus

Known as the world’s smallest octopus, you can find this tiny octopus in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. But you might want to bring a magnifying glass.

5. Coconut Octopus

The coconut octopus is a medium-sized cephalopod that uses coconut shells as a ready-made shelter. It can also be pretty resourceful using just about any cover it can hide from predators.

4. Giant Pacific Octopus

The Giant Pacific octopus of the North Pacific is one of the largest marine cephalopods on the planet. They can grow bigger and lives longer than any other octopus species, in fact, the record size for this species is a monster slaying 30 feet (9.1 meters) long.

3. Mimic Octopus

The mimic octopus got its name because it really can impersonate other species like fish and crabs! It lives exclusively in nutrient-rich estuarine bays of Indonesia and Malaysia only.

2. Transparent Octopus

This incredible and very rare species of the deep sea is totally translucent. While very might seem delicate they are quite a think skinned predator.

1. Dumbo Octopus

This is the Dumbo octopuses are so named for their likeness to the Disney elephant character. It lives some 6600 feet below the water’s surface and its just one of 37 different finned deep-sea octopuses.

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