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Day Octopus

Octopus cyanea

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2 Comments

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 12 years ago

Hi Alice. They call it day octopus because it hunts and is active during the day :-)

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Can you explain what you mean by a Day Octupus? Do you mean Land Octupus?

Eric Noora
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Eric Noora

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on Sep 4, 2011
Submitted on Sep 7, 2011

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