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Hapalochlaena maculosa
This was possibly the coolest thing i saw all summer, stumbled across this guy sunning himself in some rockpools, after he posed for photos he swam off in to a hole! The world's most venomous marine animals! blue rings do mean danger!
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Gorgeous! But so dangerous... http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=403 A cool page on blue ringed octopuses
super beautiful colors
beautiful but dangerous!
great !!
Wow! Fantastic spotting!
my favorite octopus!
Cool!
Cool shot - very impressive!
Wouw..amazing species...
Stunning pattern and color....
Oh and thanks nigel.brennan for that extra info!!
Thank guys, i have about 100 photos from when i spotted this and a video so i will try to upload them later =)
Amazing creatures but pretty terrifying knowing what they can do!!
Congratulations on a well deserved spotting of the day.
Excellent photo, so cool and scary!
Congratulations!
Congratulations ! - great photos - so lucky to have spotted this...
AWESOME.
congrats on spotting of the day! great series!
Nice... :)
Congratulations! A real beauty!
Congratulations moralcoral
Wonderful spotting
Congrats! very cool sighting!
Congrats this incredible encounter was selected as Spotting of the Day! Thanks for sharing and if you've uploaded your video to YouTube or Vimeo, you can add it to this spotting!
"Blue-ringed octopuses are found in tide pools in the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Australia. They are currently recognized as one of the world's most venomous marine animals."
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I photographed one of these while snorkeling. At the time I did not realize the danger involved in being about a foot away from it with a disposable underwater camera...by myself. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. : ) This photo, however, is much, much better than the one I took. Great spot.
yep i actually have a video of it swimming and flashing i tried to show this in the second and third pictures! This on was actually semi out of the water when we spotted it! beautiful creatures!!