A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Octopus mototi
About the size of a golfball. Can change color and texture in order to camouflage itself.
Found this one at Toros Point (Secret Bay), Anilao, Batangas, Philippines. Shallow area, about 15-20 feet. Hiding behind some rubble amidst a patch of soft coral.
22 Comments
Your map location is wrong, in your Habitat note, its mentioned found in Anilao, but map location is in Romblon :p
This would be nice in the Spirals in Nature mission!
Awesome shot i love the underwater creatures
According to barrierreefaustralia.com, " The venom contains some maculotoxin, a poison more violent than any found on land animals. The nerve conduction is blocked and neuromuscular paralysis is followed by death. The victim might be saved if artificial respiration starts before marked cyanosis and hypotension develops. The blue-ringed octopus is the size of a golf ball but its poison is powerful enough to kill an adult human in minutes. There's no known antidote. The only treatment is hours of heart massage and artificial respiration until the poison has worked its way out of your system."
Congratulations.
What makes this 'Blue-ring' Octopus poisonous? What kind of toxicity does it carry?
Hahaha that's exactly what I was thinking in the second picture, it's a golf-ball-sized creature that's NOT messing around! Great spotting. :)
Looks like he's displaying "fists", like "ya wanna fight?" while he flashes the blue ring. Great series of photos showing camouflaging color. Can't believe it's that small.
Woah! First impression from seeing this. Great spotting :D
It is as toxic as the normal blue ringed octopus?
ME LIKE!
Just incredible spotting!
Congratulations, Robert! Great spotting!
Congrats, Robert! Awesome spotting!
Congratulations!!
It is indeed a very pretty octopus. Keep posting if you have more underwater sightings in Philippines. Looks like underwater fauna is amazing there :-)
Felicidades por tener el hallazgo (especie) del día....
Congrats Spotting of the day
Spotting of the Day!
"The rare and poisonous Mototi Blue Ring Octopus displays two single blue spots when agitated to warn potential predators."
http://facebook.com/projectnoah/posts/13...
http://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/12...
nice picture!
The king of camouflage. I have seen them change color on television. It's quick and smart. What is that blue ring on the body?
Great shot!
Welcome to Project Noah, Robert!
All I can say is WOW!