photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
hge54 | all galleries >> Galleries >> Pacific Northwest Underwater > Giant Pacific Octopus, Emerging From It's Den
previous | next
10-NOV-2013

Giant Pacific Octopus, Emerging From It's Den

The only hard body part of an octopus is it's beak. Thus, an octopus can fit through any rocky opening that will allow it's beak to pass, and they usually reside deep in rocky crevices with amazingly small openings. We found a young juvenile living in a beer bottle recently. As explained yesterday, this octopus has grown to become the apex predator of this reef, and has chosen a spacious home with a very large opening. Kitsap County, WA

Canon EOS 7D
1/50s f/14.0 at 14.0mm iso160 full exif

other sizes: small medium large auto
comment | share
Carol Rollins17-Nov-2013 14:30
This is so cool! Amazing shot, Hal. Thanks for sharing and for the info. ~
joseantonio17-Nov-2013 05:06
Amazing capture of this special octopus.V.
Tom Munson17-Nov-2013 03:30
Terrific find and image, Hal. You see some great things diving.
Hank Vander Velde17-Nov-2013 02:46
Terriufic image and good info Hal.