Comin’ Atcha
(Mimic Octopus photos) During the week we were in Lembeh, I learned to spot the mimic octopus. What probably surprised me most about the mimic was its diminutive size; in life, this octopus is only about the size of an adult male’s hand — not at all the size that a Caribbean diver might assume from the photos we all have seen.
Blue Rings
Close-up photos of a tiny blue-ringed octopus in the Lembeh Strait, together with the story of how our guide found it: My guide extended his (bare) finger and gently tapped on a small protuberance on the rock below us. The thing was no bigger than my thumb.
Run Away!
The Caribbean, St. Eustatius, N.A. Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Out hunting on the sandy sea floor at night, this octopus was surprised when a pack of curious divers found him. The octopus is very shy and will always seek to hide if startled by any other large, lumbering, […]
