Can you see me?

Day/Reef Octopus - Octopus cyanea like most Octopi can be extremely well camouflage. In this picture, the body has taken up appendages like shapes to further blend in to its environment.

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Mike van Harn

Musk Oxen

Yes, I can see you but I have to look twice. Posted 4 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  He he, Octopus are very good with their camouflage :D Posted 4 years ago

The Big Blue Octopus

''Octopus cyanea'', also known as the big blue octopus, day octopus and Cyane's octopus, is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. It occurs in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa.

''O. cyanea'' grows to 16 cm in mantle length with arms to at least 80 cm.

The type specimen was collected off Australia and is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.

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Similar species: Octopuses

Species identified by Albert Kang