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Made a new friend in the tide pools
Feb 21, 2023 7:20 PM
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Made a new friend in the tide pools
RatoMolhado
Pet the eight-legged water puppy!
breezybriv
I read “that I met in the Tide pods” and was confused for a sec. But aww I love him!
johnvilnis
If you see a little octopus with blue rings in Australia, leave it the hell alone. This is cool.
kilomasu
Obligatory mention @tinyoctopus
lunasmom424242
i saved several young ones from being eaten by seagulls on marco island. one sweet baby wouldn't let go of my hand til i sang to it.
pierceeze
Give that sweet boy a smooch for me
PenguinNamedWobbles
Still boggles my mind that some cultures see something that's intelligent and looks like it's made of intestine or rubber & want to eat it.
IronCore
Northwindlowlander
I get excited just to see a little fish or a crab! That's awesome
ElbowDeepinaTinyOctopus
Oh man, meeting a wild octopus during Low Tide is so much fun! I used to crack open mussels and feed 'em when I found 'em!
Skizmo
Now imagine that all animals are supposed in 'the wild'
olivertheoctopus
lindsGifMagnet
THIS IS CRAZY COOL!
sharikov
Uhh does anyone else see the creepy skull face?
sharikov
athomp78
chut7
You'll love this video too, posted recently of an octopus hunting in a tide pool. https://twitter.com/chamberea/status/1627553256724631553
calpals
wow that is incredible!!!
matthewacker
That is so cool, at first I thought it was Ohio River contamination
monkeybasketball
Did you see how they scooped up the little dootles by the rock? Like a crab and some others? It’s amazing you were able to see this!
SirSage
Just need a 7 and a 2 now to win this scavenger hunt
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elbowdeepinagoose
@TinyOctopus @ElbowDeepinaTinyOctopus
kakivara
Do you know the species? Is that a miniature giant pacific octopus?
calpals
I wish I knew!
Tunisia
Nah, that's an eel orgy.
TheRicM
Imagine if you never knew what those were and never saw one of those and then all of a sudden you saw one
StuckHereWithYouAndThoseClowns
Like a black swan…
theAught
He's a good dog Bront
Predicto
Which tide pools?
calpals
@predicto in La Jolla, San Diego! Just north of Scripps Pier. There are tons of new tide pools accessible right now with King Tide season.
Predicto
Ah cool. We used to stay at La Jolla Shores back when it was a cheap motel. I've spotted octoboys up here around SF, but never got a shot
Predicto
that good. Nice camerawork.
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Whitebeardthepirate
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fasd/facts.html
calpals
haha this was not taken at a zoo
hesbeginningtobelieve
Watch the doc “my octopus teacher”. They are SO cool!
LenneSamunai
yesss! its really good. saw it 3 weeks ago :)
calpals
obsessed with this film!!
iloovechips
I didn't expect to become as engrossed in it as I did, nor get an emotional attachment to an octopus
IMustGrowUpReally
It won the 2021 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
oldiebutagoodie
Damn that’s awesome! I’ve been waiting for a long time to see one here in the PNW.
Mairoa
I think ours tend to live deeper than tide pools. Lived here my whole life, spent a lot of my life at low tide, never seen one in the wild
olivertheoctopus
I was thinking the same thing. I know giant pacific octopus are native to the region, but assume they probably dwell a bit deeper
Hashbrown123
You been checking the trees?
oldiebutagoodie
I haven’t. Drop octopi? I’ve just been looking down in the surf.
mmontour
Pacific Tree Octopus
oldiebutagoodie
Yep they are firactious
ispendtomuchtimehere
..it's where they belong..
KennyBlankenshipandVicRomano
It belongs in a museum!
calpals
haha yes i know. my emojis turned to ???? when i posted
OmniXBro
2023 and they still haven't properly implemented unicode? @sarah
ispendtomuchtimehere
bummer, cool sighting
Kukiniloa
OR IN MAH BELLY
BindersOfWomen
Easy there Homelander
Baromian
confirmsthings
Yeah don't touch that.
iteachcalculus
- The Salarian Union
RatoMolhado
GiantSquanchy
but what if you find one on land and he needs help getting back into the water?
EnigmaWearingHeels
uzetaab
Lucky to be alive
iDontBelieveInIsms
nonsensicalnymph
ThomasThundersword
CODEX!! (or i suppose this was on her supernatural run, so CHARLIE!)
AlexVanPutten
Is that a blue ringed octopus??
Drunkenhalfling
Yes, they are very cuddly and everyone should touch em!
RaddahRaddah
Fucking hell, don't joke about something that could actually get people killed.
industryrulenumber4080
This is probably the only poisonous Australian animal that Australians don't joke about