Sentences with phrase «pacific octopuses»

Giant Pacific Octopuses and Wolf Eels make their homes here, with whole communities of other organisms living around their dens.

One of the biggest octopus species in the world, Giant Pacific Octopuses can solve mazes, blend into their environment and even open jars!

In 2010 the late biologist Roland C. Anderson and his colleagues at the Seattle Aquarium tested recognition in giant Pacific octopuses in an experiment that involved a «nice» keeper who regularly fed eight animals and a «mean» keeper who touched them with a bristly stick.

They charted the efficiency and flexibility with which giant Pacific octopuses switch strategies to open different shellfish — smashing thin mussels, prying open clams, drilling tougher - shelled clams with their rasplike radulae.

Anderson tested for play by presenting eight giant Pacific octopuses with floating pill bottles in varying colors and textures twice a day for five days.

Both species have raised, bumpy warts on their mantles (the rounded part that looks kind of like a head) and on their arms, but the Pacific octopuses, it turns out, are wartier than their Atlantic cousins — their bumps go further down their arms and mantles.

One group developed 3 - D puzzles for the giant Pacific octopus.

Three - year - old Pandora, a giant Pacific octopus at the Seattle Aquarium, weighs about 45 pounds.

Open Sesame Billye, a giant Pacific octopus, has a brain the size of a walnut.

Giant Pacific octopus; courtesy of NOAA Octopuses are clever, reclusive, dexterous, strong and slippery as heck — especially those belonging to the very largest species: the giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini).

From the huge giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) to the tiny poisonous blue - ringed octopus (genus Hapalochlaena), from the shallow - water mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) to the deep - sea Dumbo octopus (genus Grimpoteuthis).

They range from less than an inch in length to the giant Pacific octopus, which weighs in at 100 pounds and spans 20 feet from arm tip to arm tip.

Beluga whales, African penguins, southern sea otters, and our elusive giant Pacific octopus are just a few of the animals that call Cold Water Quest home

You could see colourful anemones, sponges, tube worms, wolf eels, ling cod, and even the elusive giant Pacific octopus.

Not exact matches

«Dumbo octopus & qquot; Grimpoteuthis bathynectes swims in the Northeast Pacific Ocean; image courtesy of University of Washington / YouTube Down in the dark depths of the deep ocean live more than a dozen species of «Dumbo» octopuses.These octopods from the genus Grimpoteuthis are so named for their prominent, unusual earlike fins that they use to help them swim (reminiscent of the Disney elephant character who used his ears to fly).

Larger Pacific Striped octopus; image courtesy of Richard Ross Of the hundreds of known octopus species, most are anti-social, practice safe sex (to avoid getting eaten by a mate) and lay just one clutch of eggs before dying.The poorly understood larger Pacific striped octopus, however, seems to break from these conventions: They are somewhat social, they mate face - to - face, and the females produce multiple batches of offspring.The octopus is so rare that science has yet to even give it a formal Latin name.

Hoaxes have infiltrated science for centuries, from fake fossils (Piltdown Man, archaeoraptor, Calaveras skull) to fake medical conditions (cello scrotum, the disappearing blonde gene) to fake animals (Ompax spatuloides, Pacific Northwest tree octopus, Labradoodle).

With so little previously known about the larger Pacific striped octopus, the team hopes to continue studying the dietary needs of newly - hatched planktonic larvae to develop a captive breeding protocol and learn more about the animal's full life cycle.

Additionally, unlike other octopus species in which females tend to die after producing a single clutch of eggs, female larger Pacific striped octopuses can lay many clutches of eggs continuously over the course of their adult lives.

While many species of octopus are known for their showy displays of color, the larger Pacific striped octopus is particularly notable for its striking high - contrast display of colors and patterns, which can vary from a pale to dark reddish - brown hue to black with white stripes and spots with both smooth and uneven skin textures.

«The next step to understanding the unique behaviors found in the larger Pacific striped octopus will be to observe groups in their natural habitat,» says Caldwell.

The larger Pacific striped octopus is the only one to mate beak - to - beak in a tangle of tentacles and is a polite hunter, tapping its prey on the shoulder

The Pacific striped octopuses, on the other hand, continue to mate even as they tend their eggs.

Unlike most octopuses, the larger Pacific striped octopus does not practice sexual cannibalism.

The larger Pacific striped octopus has a unique hunting and mating style.

Several years ago, Richard Ross of the California Academy of Sciences came across some larger Pacific striped octopuses on the aquarium trade circuit.

The larger pacific striped octopus does something quite different: The males and females stay intertwined, beak - to - beak, as if kissing.

But research on one particularly freaky species shows us just how much we have left to learn about cephalopods: The larger Pacific striped octopus displays mating and hunting behavior unlike any other, suggesting that the routines we think of as being «normal» for an octopus might just be the only ones we've observed.

This beautiful entry in the award - winning Scientists in the Field series follows an expedition to the French Polynesian island of Moorea to study Pacific day octopuses — not octopi — in the wild and unlock some of the mystery surrounding this marine animal.

Alaskan Rocky Reef The rockwork here provides ample living and retreat space for a myriad of Pacific Northwest animals, including the world's largest octopus species.

Death by octopus (Macroctopus maorum): Laryngeal luxation and asphyxiation in an Indo - Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus).

Dive in the beautiful emerald waters of the Pacific Ocean and discover the abundance of local marine life including octopus, seals, seastars, anemones, king crabs and so much more!

Humpback and false killer whales, over five species of dolphin, white tipped reef sharks, bull sharks, giant pacific manta rays, mobula rays, southern sting rays, spotted eagle rays, green sea turtles, snappers, king angels, moorish idols, trumpet fish, scorpion fish, various types of eels, spiny lobster, octopus, huge schools of barracuda, jacks, grunts, and much more.

Scientists exploring a patch of the seafloor some 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) deep inside the Pacific Ocean have accidentally stumbled upon a large nursery of octopus mothers.

Among the most remarkable species found near the vents were striking pale octopuses, yeti crabs, snails, and barnacles; absent were the tubeworms, vent crabs, mussels and shrimp commonly found near underwater vents in the Pacific.