Image of East Pacific red octopus
![Image of East Pacific red octopus](https://beta-repo.eol.org/data/media/33/17/82/18.https___www_inaturalist_org_photos_2861869.580x360.jpg)
Description:
This selfie was taken BY THE OCTOPUS, who also took a 90-second mostly-dark video of the inside of its den (with a muffled soundtrack of Alison Young and I laughing hysterically). The octopus grabbed my camera with three tentacles, and grabbed rocks with the others. After a determined tug-of-war that snapped the nylon wrist strap, it carried the camera deep into its den and started pressing buttons with its tentacles. Alison braved beak and tentacles to rescue the camera (the octo was still holding it) - is there anything she won't do for Citizen Science? Thank you Alison! The alternate photo is the last one I took before the battle - you can see the first tentacle snaking towards the shiny camera...
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- Spiralia (spiralians)
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- Cephalopoda (cephalopods)
- Coleoidea (coleoids)
- Octopodiformes
- Octopoda (Kraken octopods)
- Incirrata
- Octopodoidea
- Octopodidae
- Octopus rubescens (East Pacific red octopus)
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