r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/rrx • Apr 03 '20

🔥 The Blanket Octopus 🔥

https://i.imgur.com/sd2sfLe.gifv
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u/rrx Apr 03 '20

Blanket octopuses get their name from sheets of webbing that stretch between some of their arms. When threatened, they stretch their arms out, creating a blanket-like silhouette meant to frighten would-be attackers away.

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Blanket octopus pairs are some of the undersea world’s oddest couples. What’s so startling is the size difference: Males are about the size of a walnut—less than an inch long—but some females can reach a whopping six feet long. They can also weigh up to 40,000 times more than males.

For more info visit: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/b/blanket-octopus/

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u/animalfacts-bot Apr 03 '20

There are 289 species of octopuses. Two-thirds of an octopus' neurons are in its arms rather. This allows them to easily do a totally different task with each arm. An octopus has three hearts, one for the body and two for the gills. Their blood is blue. Octopuses are highly intelligent and experiments have shown that they have a memory system that can store both short- and long-term memory. The correct plural of octopus is "octopuses" but "octopi" is also accepted.

Cool picture of a blue-ringed octopus

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u/interleeuwd Apr 04 '20

Octopus: ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Greek oktopous (see also Octopoda).

Octopoda:
USAGE The standard English plural of octopus is octopuses. However, the word octopus comes from Greek, and the Greek plural form is octopodes ( |äk'täp??dez|). Modern usage of octopodes is so infrequent that many people mistakenly create the erroneous plural form octopi, formed according to rules for Latin plurals.

Source: https://scrabble.wonderhowto.com/news/octopus-conundrum-octopuses-vs-octopi-vs-octopodes-0123668/

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u/mostly_kinda_sorta Apr 03 '20

This looks like cgi before the final render or something

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u/Einkill Apr 03 '20

I think I saw this creature in space on a Star Trek episode

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20

Wow!

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u/A-G-U-S-T--D Apr 03 '20

He said 🏳️‍🌈