Giant Pacific Octopus – Video
- Giant Pacific Octopus subtly changing colour and texture. Video by Erika Grebeldinger.
Remarkable video of a Giant Pacific Octopus juvenile subtly changing texture and colour to better match its surroundings.
When full grown, this species can be over 7 m from arm tip to arm tip and over 73 kg = the biggest species of octopus in the world.
The video was taken by fellow Top Island Econauts Dive Club diver Erika Grebeldinger during one of our dives last month. It is testament to the calibre of her diving and concern for the environment that she was able to “capture” such natural behaviour. It the octopus had been agitated, s/he would have flashed red, postured and/or inked.
Having previously posted this video on Facebook, I love Will Soltau’s observation of how the octopus leaves no footprint and what a different world it would be if we humans were more like octopus in this respect.
Thank you so much for sharing Erika!
Video below added on November 25th, 2011 from You Tube – Octopus walking on land in California at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve.
The Marine Detective 
One Response to “Giant Pacific Octopus – Video”
Super cool!