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The wonderful mimicry of the mimic octopus. Photos include it in its burrow, mimicking a flounder, and out in the sand.
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Totally tucked away and spotted by @rongoa. This species is not a s common as the other one I see around here.
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The wonderful mimicry of the mimic octopus. Photos include it in its burrow, mimicking a flounder, and out in the sand.
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The wonderful mimicry of the mimic octopus. Photos include it in its burrow, mimicking a flounder, and out in the sand.
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The wonderful mimicry of the mimic octopus. Photos include it in its burrow, mimicking a flounder, and out in the sand.
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The wonderful mimicry of the mimic octopus. Photos include it in its burrow, mimicking a flounder, and out in the sand.
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A few small squids, Doryteuthis plei (formerly Loligo plei), were collected by a dredge in less than 10 m depth near Port Aransas, on a field trip on the R/V Katy. They were still alive when brought up but they were not in good shape and a few died. In the live ones, the chromatophores on the squid's skin were pulsating just like in the following video: https://youtu.be/hNZ8Ui5Txbc We tried to stimulate the chromatophores by playing music but they did not react to it. Note that in the video linked above, the squid was dead and the skin was stimulated (by electric impulses?) using an iPod.
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A few small squids, Doryteuthis plei (formerly Loligo plei), were collected by a dredge in less than 10 m depth near Port Aransas, on a field trip on the R/V Katy. They were still alive when brought up but they were not in good shape and a few died. In the live ones, the chromatophores on the squid's skin were pulsating just like in the following video: https://youtu.be/hNZ8Ui5Txbc We tried to stimulate the chromatophores by playing music but they did not react to it. Note that in the video linked above, the squid was dead and the skin was stimulated (by electric impulses?) using an iPod.
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A few small squids, Doryteuthis plei (formerly Loligo plei), were collected by a dredge in less than 10 m depth near Port Aransas, on a field trip on the R/V Katy. They were still alive when brought up but they were not in good shape and a few died. In the live ones, the chromatophores on the squid's skin were pulsating just like in the following video: https://youtu.be/hNZ8Ui5Txbc We tried to stimulate the chromatophores by playing music but they did not react to it. Note that in the video linked above, the squid was dead and the skin was stimulated (by electric impulses?) using an iPod.
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A few small squids, Doryteuthis plei (formerly Loligo plei), were collected by a dredge in less than 10 m depth near Port Aransas, on a field trip on the R/V Katy. They were still alive when brought up but they were not in good shape and a few died. In the live ones, the chromatophores on the squid's skin were pulsating just like in the following video: https://youtu.be/hNZ8Ui5Txbc We tried to stimulate the chromatophores by playing music but they did not react to it. Note that in the video linked above, the squid was dead and the skin was stimulated (by electric impulses?) using an iPod.
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A few small squids, Doryteuthis plei (formerly Loligo plei), were collected by a dredge in less than 10 m depth near Port Aransas, on a field trip on the R/V Katy. They were still alive when brought up but they were not in good shape and a few died. In the live ones, the chromatophores on the squid's skin were pulsating just like in the following video: https://youtu.be/hNZ8Ui5Txbc We tried to stimulate the chromatophores by playing music but they did not react to it. Note that in the video linked above, the squid was dead and the skin was stimulated (by electric impulses?) using an iPod.
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A few small squids, Doryteuthis plei (formerly Loligo plei), were collected by a dredge in less than 10 m depth near Port Aransas, on a field trip on the R/V Katy. They were still alive when brought up but they were not in good shape and a few died. In the live ones, the chromatophores on the squid's skin were pulsating just like in the following video: https://youtu.be/hNZ8Ui5Txbc We tried to stimulate the chromatophores by playing music but they did not react to it. Note that in the video linked above, the squid was dead and the skin was stimulated (by electric impulses?) using an iPod.
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While most octopuses are quickly and easily recognized for their tentacles/suckers, the Caribbean reef octopus is often said to look like a discarded parachute, its body often puffed up and covering all that moving underneath it as it hunts. In this case, a night dive, I had watched this reef octopus hunt blanketing everything in its path as it smoothly moved over corals, rocks, sand, etc... After a bit of foraging, this beautiful reef octopus shot into the open water and started swimming, often changing direction and color (possibly mimicking the colors it experienced with my strobes?). I was shooting 50mm / macro so it was hard to capture the entire octopus but in the end, these strange shots in different positions really show how flexible an octopus can be! One thing to notice, the tentacles displayed show damage, some missing ends, and in some cases, subsequent regrowth.
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While most octopuses are quickly and easily recognized for their tentacles/suckers, the Caribbean reef octopus is often said to look like a discarded parachute, its body often puffed up and covering all that moving underneath it as it hunts. In this case, a night dive, I had watched this reef octopus hunt blanketing everything in its path as it smoothly moved over corals, rocks, sand, etc... After a bit of foraging, this beautiful reef octopus shot into the open water and started swimming, often changing direction and color (possibly mimicking the colors it experienced with my strobes?). I was shooting 50mm / macro so it was hard to capture the entire octopus but in the end, these strange shots in different positions really show how flexible an octopus can be! One thing to notice, the tentacles displayed show damage, some missing ends, and in some cases, subsequent regrowth.
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This guy was under the only rock around - mainly a sand beach where it was located. So it decided my daughter's hand was the next-best shelter, and locked all eight tentacles tight around her. Nothing would shake him for about 5 minutes... Apparently there are several octopus species in La Paz, so I'll leave the species-level ID to you experts.
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This guy was under the only rock around - mainly a sand beach where it was located. So it decided my daughter's hand was the next-best shelter, and locked all eight tentacles tight around her. Nothing would shake him for about 5 minutes... Apparently there are several octopus species in La Paz, so I'll leave the species-level ID to you experts.