Octopuses occasionally occupy the ocean floor.
“While diving off the central California coast, the team of E/V Nautilus encountered this Flapjack Octopus (named for its ear flaps) lingering on the sea floor.”- EVNautilus via You Tube
Flapjack or Opisthoteuthis californiana via Monterey Bay Aquarium on You Tube. The octopus looks red because it is being illuminated by a red light which it can’t see and thinks it is in the dark. This little octopus is a rare find in the ocean.
Stream of Consciousness Saturday is hosted by Linda G Hill. Today’s “prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “oc.” Find a word that starts with “oc” and use it in your post. Bonus points if you start and end with your post with an “oc” word.”
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Truly they are. 🙂
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Delightful! An octopus showed up in my stream of consciousness, too. Will post in a bit.
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Looking forward to reading about your octopus. They are fascinating creatures. Thank you, Jo Anna. 🙂
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cute. I did my post today on octopi too. 🙂
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A popular -oc topic. And I thought there would be others writing about octopuses. 🙂
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I think you should get bonus points just for the first sentence. 😉 😀
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It is not too oc-word, I hope. 😉 Thank you, Fallon. 🙂
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Pretty amazing little guy. Nice job on the prompt.
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He is amazing. Thank you, Dan. 🙂
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Wow! Very Cool, beautiful creatures.
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Yes, they are pretty wonderful aren’t they?
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OMG! How adorable… Thank you for sharing, Deborah.
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Isn’t it. I hope those little guys are taken good care of by the aquariums and anyone who comes in contact with them. My pleasure Eden. 🙂
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Is it octopuses or octopi? 😛 Great post, Deborah. 🙂
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Rechecked the octopi vs. octopuses, and octopuses seems to come out the winner. Thank you, Linda. 🙂
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I finally went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium at night just so I could see this nocturnal critter. He was darned entertaining after dark.
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I bet he was. I’ve got to read more about this little guy.
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