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hge54 | all galleries >> Galleries >> Pacific Northwest Underwater > Giant Pacific Octopus, Attacking Wolf Eel
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10-NOV-2013

Giant Pacific Octopus, Attacking Wolf Eel

This is the very large and aggressive octopus pictured on these pages about 6 months ago. As we were running low on air, and had turned off our cameras and strobes the octopus reappeared and attacked this large Wolf Eel. Unfortunately, this stirred up a sand storm on the bottom, and I only had time for 1 shot. The male Wolf Eel is about 7 feet long, and about 3 feet (1 meter) of him is visible outside of the rocky den. The Wolf Eel had previously lost it's snout in some other altercation. I believe that the material in the Wolf Eel's mouth is a piece of the octopus.

Canon EOS 7D
1/200s f/25.0 at 15.0mm iso640 hide exif
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Date/Time10-Nov-2013 14:04:35
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 7D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length15 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/25
ISO Equivalent640
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Tom Munson01-Jul-2014 02:28
Great shot, Hal. To bad you ran low on air, this would have been an outstanding series.
Hank Vander Velde28-Jun-2014 21:52
Terrific behavioral image Hal. Quite the experience.
joseantonio28-Jun-2014 17:21
Must have been a great experience.V