Day or Night

in photography •  7 years ago  (edited)

As a follow up to my post yesterday of the Pacific Spotted Scorpionfish. I wanted to present another mast of camouflage residing in tropical waters, the Day Octopus.

Octopus cyanea, also known as the Blue Octopus or Day 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.

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The reason for their name is that the Day Octopus is active during daylight hours rather than being nocturnal like other octopus species. With a lifespan of approximately 1 year, the Day Octopus grows quickly and is a highly productive species; each female lays between 100,000 to 400,000 eggs.

Finding these little guys can be a challenge, but great to photograph once found. Look for the eye, it the only part on an octopus that doesn't change colour like the rest of their bodies.

Thanks reading.

Scott

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Beautiful. The colors look stunning.

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good photo!

Nice click!! incredible octopus!! upvoted and follow :)

nature is such amazing!
I am mesmerized by reading the eggs laid

nice photo

Foto yang sangat luar biasa. Saya sangat terpesona melihat keindahan bawah laut

very good photo of Octopus, very colorful, you managed to capture the essence of the seas, well

The writings that you have written about the octopus. If you don't write this anybody know about the octopus.

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Great shot, Fantastic Blues.... are the purples part of the octopus? Any way you look at this shot its just beautiful.

Life under the sea is totally different

Spectacular! I haven't seen any underwater photographs lately. This makes me want to snorkel in the ocean again, and often. I also appreciate the informative text. Thanks for sharing. Glad I found a talented photographer's blog to follow!

I like picture, can you tell me what did you use for underwater photography ?

if it lays that much eggs, how many octopus' do we have

remind me of the huge crab my family caught last Nov;)

Nature never fails to amaze.

So cool

What an unusual world! Fantastic, thank you! I prilashayu to his blog, look at our snowy winter ...

good !!

I think day for some things, and the night for better things...

All stunning images! Thank you for inspiration.

Ididn't know about the octopus eyes! thats amazing

If I hadn't Google it, I would not have believed this. The image is so beautiful. I am loving the sight of these. Keep updating us please, as I for one, love wild life passionately.

Awasome ....
Good photo

Nice post😀👍🏻

Looks like a miracle. Was the photo taken in wild nature or somewhere in aquarium?

Very nice bro