Shane Gross / The tentacle of a Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) reaching out for her aquarist, Shaw Center for the Salish Sea Aquarium, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Captive.
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Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) experiencing freedom after release from captivity, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) experiencing freedom after release from captivity, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) experiencing freedom after release from captivity, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) named Wanda, showing how she can untwist the cap of a jar to get the food inside, Shaw Center for the Salish Sea Aquarium, Vancouver Island, British Colum...
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Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) being released from captivity, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) swimming freely after release from captivity, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) experiencing freedom after release from captivity, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) experiencing freedom after release from captivity, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Giant pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) showing tentacles and suckers detail, Shaw Center for the Salish Sea Aquarium, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. Captive.
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Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) eye detail, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.
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Tony Wu / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) gliding across the ocean bottom, Hokkaido, Japan, Pacific Ocean.
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Tony Wu / Northern Pacific seastars (Asterias amurensis) and Blue bat seastars (Patiria pectinifera) scavenging a dead Giant pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) on the seabed, Hokkaido, Japan, Pacific Ocean...
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Tony Wu / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) investigating Northern Pacific seastars (Asterias amurensis) and Blue bat seastars (Patiria pectinifera) that are scavenging a dead Giant Pacific octopus...
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Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) out hunting off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Shane Gross / Giant pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) hunts for food in Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, Canada.
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Shane Gross / Giant pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) hunts for food in Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, Canada.
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Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) out hunting off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) out hunting off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Shane Gross / Giant pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) hunts for food in Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, Canada.
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Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) out hunting off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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David Hall / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) close up of eye and arm curled, Vernon Rock, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada. September.
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David Hall / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) showing arms and suckers, Vernon Rock, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada. September.
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David Hall / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) emerging from its den, siphon open, Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada. September.
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David Hall / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) emerging from its den inside a rocky crevice. Sandford Reef, Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, September.
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David Hall / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dolfeini) using its ability to change color and shape to blend in with its surroundings amongst red urchins and other echinoderms, Fantasy Island, Walker Group, Que...
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David Hall / A young Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) attempting to cross over and avoid touching a row of huge Sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides), Hanson's Island, British Colulmbia,...
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David Hall / Giant pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. September.
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David Fleetham / Giant pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dolfleini) nearing the end of her life. The eggs she has been tending to are almost ready to hatch. British Columbia, Canada.