octopus

Hi everyone! I’m planning some aquarium visits in Maine and I’m trying to figure out whether any facility in the state currently has an octopus on exhibit (GPO, common octopus, or any other species). If you’ve visited anywhere in Maine recently and saw an octopus (or heard staff mention one...

Hi everyone! I’m planning a winter road trip for December 26, 2025 to January 1, 2026, starting from Forestville, NY, and I’m hoping to get ideas from people who know good animal encounter destinations. We are driving only (no flights), but we’re willing to go any distance in the U.S. as long...

Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)

I was lucky enough to see this individual moving around it's exhibit twice this year

Taken December 2018.

Nifrel (Osaka, Japan)

First visit to the Shinagawa Aquarium to see many ocean animals.

From May 2022 Trip

The centre's resident common octopus.

In the Aquarium at Memphis Zoo, Dec. 23 2021

Scientists have recorded that a species of dumbo octopus live 4 miles deep in the Indian Ocean. It’s not known if the species is an entirely different subspecies of the dumbo octopus, or it’s just a newly found fact that these cephalopods can dive this deep. The article also briefly mentions a...

Apparently even birds can be prey for the Giant Pacific Octopus, if the octopus is big enough. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/octopus-vs-bald-eagle-video-1.5392438?fbclid=IwAR0EHcQRF00cUW1I8-qcD8xnObFmHYzQ37xbSa-nvb1DwPtZLaPq3EbG1RU

March 20, 2019.

Sea lions take science for a ride through an underwater world | Adelaide Now http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/news/animals-news/crittercam-sealion-vs-octopus-vin.html

I recently visited Oceanworld at Manly (on Sydney’s Northern Beaches). The last time I was there was back in the 70’s and I have a very very faint recollection of the shark tanks. Since that time it has undergone major renovations, but the structure of the building remains the same – circular...

Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris)