Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) scavenging on a dead Blue Dog (Squalus acanthias), Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) using its suction discs to hold two crabs it has caught, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) scurrying across the ocean floor as it forages for crabs, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) eggs, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Jeff Rotman / Giant Pacific octopus (Octopus dofleini) British Columbia Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Giant Pacific octopus (Octopus dolfeini) jets away. British Columbia Model released.

Tony Wu / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) juvenile. Hokkaido, Japan. May.

David Fleetham / Giant Pacific octopus (Octopus dofleini) and a diver off Keystone Jetty, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA. Model released

Franco Banfi / Pacific octopus (Octopus dofleini) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean

Pascal Kobeh / Close-up of the head of the Giant Pacific octopus (Octopus dofleini / Enteroctopus dofleini) the largest known octopus, Alaska, USA, Gulf of Alaska. Pacific ocean.

Jeff Rotman / Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) weighing over 20 Kilos interacting with a diver. Victoria Island, British Columbia, Canada. Pacific ocean.

Todd Mintz / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada.