Octopus – Master of Disguise
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The camera captured this octopus in the midst of changing color. Not sure what color it was going for because shortly hereafter it gave up deciding and darted away in an inky cloud.
Location was on one of the pilings underneath the cruise ship pier in Frederiksted, St. Croix. In fact it was a great all round macro site, probably due in no small part to the fact that the cruise ships had stopped visiting. Something about the economy.
Anyway, the circumstances left this magnificent pier vacant and quiet, perfect for all sorts of critters to take up residence.
The octopi, normally nocturnal, were easy to spot even during the day. A couple were out in plain sight, and others under rocks, but the best hiding spots were inside cans or bottles. I never cease to be amazed at how these guys can squeeze into the tiniest places.
This white one here in the bottom picture pretty much ignored us, deciding we weren’t worth changing color for. You can also see a tentacle of another shy one under the rock there about dead center and below the white octopus and the arrow crab at the far right.
As an aside, I heard the cruise ships are once again visiting St. Croix. While good for tourism, there will no doubt be more commotion around the pier. Hopefully the diving won’t feel too much of an impact.
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