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Dark Avenger 2
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The Seattle Aquarium is the first to raise a giant Pacific octopus (Octopus dofleini) from conception to adulthood. This photo is of the Dark Avenger, a 50+ pound giant Pacific octopus residing in a habitat built to showcase the largest giant Pacific octopus ever seen. This one is very curious, coming up to the glass to observe all visitors. Native of Pacific Northwest, the giant Pacific octopus is the largest octopus species in the world - averaging between sixty and eighty pounds but capable of reaching 150 pounds with a twenty-foot arm span. They live only around 4 years (though this is longer than most octopi).
Here you can almost make out the octopus' beak (at the center of the suction cups), made of the same substance as the human fingernail. It uses the beak to kill prey (like shrimp, crabs, scallops, abalones, clams, and fish) and break it into pieces.
Shot taken through plexiglass. Brightened, contrast increased slightly, unsharp mask. |
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