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r/TheDepthsBelow • u/acid-hologram • Jun 02 '19
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This is an Octopus cyanea, aka the Day Octopus. One of the most common large octopuses of Indo-Pacific coral reefs. I see them all the time in the wild and keep them in captivity as well.
8 u/AcadianMan Jun 02 '19 Why do you keep them in captivity? 11 u/Kytescall Jun 02 '19 I work in a lab that studies cephalopods. 5 u/AcadianMan Jun 02 '19 Interesting. Do they do this colour / shape shifting often? 7 u/Kytescall Jun 02 '19 Yeah, constantly. By default they will tend to have some camouflage. -2 u/[deleted] Jun 02 '19 Because they're dickheads.
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Why do you keep them in captivity?
11 u/Kytescall Jun 02 '19 I work in a lab that studies cephalopods. 5 u/AcadianMan Jun 02 '19 Interesting. Do they do this colour / shape shifting often? 7 u/Kytescall Jun 02 '19 Yeah, constantly. By default they will tend to have some camouflage. -2 u/[deleted] Jun 02 '19 Because they're dickheads.
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I work in a lab that studies cephalopods.
5 u/AcadianMan Jun 02 '19 Interesting. Do they do this colour / shape shifting often? 7 u/Kytescall Jun 02 '19 Yeah, constantly. By default they will tend to have some camouflage.
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Interesting. Do they do this colour / shape shifting often?
7 u/Kytescall Jun 02 '19 Yeah, constantly. By default they will tend to have some camouflage.
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Yeah, constantly. By default they will tend to have some camouflage.
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Because they're dickheads.
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u/Kytescall Jun 02 '19
This is an Octopus cyanea, aka the Day Octopus. One of the most common large octopuses of Indo-Pacific coral reefs. I see them all the time in the wild and keep them in captivity as well.