Thaumoctopus

The legs carry the octopus and the head keeps the legs in control. But if an octopus isn't proportional, maybe the head was too big for the legs or the legs were too big for the head, problems would arise. This is a lot like needing a well balanced government. A federal government is a government which equally divides its power amongst one large government and smaller governments within itself and also has a high belif in federalism, which is the practice of dividing the state and central governments. In the US this can be seen through the national government and state governments: a good, evenly balanced octopus.

Key traits were noted out of 73 lab-bred octopuses. Discoveries showed temperamental variations at different maturity levels. Young octopuses tended to be active and aggressive whereas more mature ones tended to be more alert and quick to react to danger (Scigliano, 2003). Evidence that even though their lifespan is short their brain evolves and adapts quickly.

his is the Grimpoteuthis or also know as the Dumbo Octopus. The Dumbo Octopus is the deepest known living octopus species. It got its name from the Disney character Dumbo. The Grimpoteuthis have been found in New Zealand and Australia, Monterey Bay, California, Oregon, Philippines and in Papua, New Guinea. They live on the seafloor or just barely hovering above the bottom at depths of 3000 to 4000 m (9800 to 13000 ft), with some living as deep as 7,000 m (23000 ft) below sea level. The Dumbo Octopus can move several different ways, they can flap their Dumbo ear-like fins to get moving or by shooting water through their funnel cause a sudden thrust, useful for escaping a predator. They have adapted to the intense pressure and cold temperatures

The Caribbean Reef Squid, Sepioteuthis Sepioidea, is one of the most exotic and alienated creatures in the ocean. Being one of the most intelligent invertebrates, they only get to about 12-20cm in length and have torpedo-shaped bodies with 10 tentacles “fixed to its head”, and are arranged in a circle around its mouth. The Reef squid is fairly common, especially around Florida, Bermuda, South America, and the Bahamas, and travel in schools (4-30) and aren’t scared of divers, if not curious about them.

Deep in the west coast rainforest there is an endangered species called The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. They are 30-33 cm amphibious, that scout their lives through touch and sight. The Tree Octopus spends the beginning of its life in the rainforest. The rainforest has so much drizzle and dew, it keeps the threatened species from becoming shriveled and dead. The exceptional and profound creature has a very large brain to body ratio.

Thaumoctopus mimicus is said to use imperfect mimicry, defined as the using poor to decent imitations of multiple morphs, rather than strong resemblance to one species (Hanlon et al., 2008; Huffard et al., 2010). As mentioned in the previous section, they replicate the coloration of multiple forms of flatfish, but more dramatic morphs are displayed while individuals are swimming in the mid-water range of the water column or while interacting directly with aggressive species (Norman et al., 2001). Following with the assumption that T. mimicus is a Batesian mimic, the forms that individual octopus use while swimming higher in the water column are those of well-known toxic or unpalatable species. A variety of dive

It was correlated to environmental temperatures, since phylogenetics could not be the case with 1-5 species of octopus sharing the same genus. Ocean temperatures vary greatly across small ranges: this is shown with specie 5 compared to species 4 and 1. Although they are very close to each other, the temperature where specie 6 lives is about 8 degrees Celsius lower than species 1 and 4, which is a huge difference in temperature sensitivity.

Camouflage being one of the most impressive aspects of octopuses' intelligence, scientists under the direction of Antonio P. Cribeiro, conducted an exercise designed to see to what extent the skin of octopuses was capable to adapt to its surroundings. The experiment was divided into three parts:

The article, “Odd Suckers: Octopus Species That's Weirdly Social, Romantic”, by The Associated Press, is about a rediscovered octopus species that behaves differently than any other octopus species. The species was first discovered in the 1970's, forgotten, then rediscovered today and formally named and described. These octopuses are able to lay eggs multiple times, and their mating process is more romantic than other octopus species. They are also capable of surviving much longer.

Theses tree octopuses have some similarities to humans and differences as well. In one way that they are like

The Blue Ringed Octopus is one of the most beautiful and intelligent creatures. It is

Another way creatures survive is with camouflage. Octopi are one of the most know marine creatures that camouflage.

Structurally, squids have only small variations of a basic theme common to all cephalopods. They are spherical or cigar-shaped with two fins used to stabilize movement when swimming. Ten arms are easily distinguished emerging from near the mouth

Despite the fact that squid and octopus share similar appearances, they are actually quite different in various ways. The major difference between squid and octopus is in their variation of anatomy. Octopus has round shaped head along with eight tentacles that endowed with suckers. On the other hand, squid has triangular body that equipped with propeller fin and hooked sucker. In addition, size is another indicator to differentiate between squid and octopus. Size of the octopus can be varies from few centimeters to few meters. However, squid size can be scale up to more than ten meters in length. Finally, they can be easily distinguished by their movements. Octopus relies on their tentacles to move around ocean floor or land surfaces. Unlike

Everyone might have once imagined dark environments and scary creatures which live in the deep sea. These childlike dreams are visualized in the popular novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. In the novel, the main character, Pierre Aronnax, searches for a mysterious sea monster while fighting with scary undersea creatures. Although many undersea creatures have been depicted in the novel, one of the striking deep sea creatures would be a giant octopus. This octopus is depicted as a scary creatures that threatens the main character. Many people might think the creatures are fake, but the giant octopus exists, which is also well known by today’s scientists.