You might look twice if you passed by this Technicolor sea creature gliding through the ocean water. In celebration of World Octopus Day, we"re marveling at a photograph of the rarely seen blanket octopus, near Palm Beach, Florida. The blanket octopus gets its common name from the sheets of webbing that stretch between some arms of the female, like the one pictured here. When threatened, it spreads out its arms, creating a blanketlike silhouette to intimidate would-be attackers.
An underwater rainbow
Today in History
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Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia
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Life carries on, rising from a ship s skeleton
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International Whale Shark Day
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The Rainbow Houses of Houten, Netherlands
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Land ho in New Zealand 250 years ago
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Avatars of the Wolf Moon
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River Quoich in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Eurasian scops owl
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Decorating for Diwali
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Manatee Appreciation Day
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The first ascent
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Atlantic puffin, Iceland
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