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Kerry-Jayne Wilson wrestled this large octopus out from under a ledge in a large tide pool for the students to see. It then slithered back home, none too pleased with the attention. It was a magnificent animal.
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Kerry-Jayne Wilson wrestled this large octopus out from under a ledge in a large tide pool for the students to see. It then slithered back home, none too pleased with the attention. It was a magnificent animal.
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Kerry-Jayne Wilson wrestled this large octopus out from under a ledge in a large tide pool for the students to see. It then slithered back home, none too pleased with the attention. It was a magnificent animal.
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Dead on sandy beach. About 1 m in length.
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Dead on sandy beach. About 1 m in length.
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We found this guy chasing crabs in a shallow rock pool. He went through several colour changes (deep purple, white, brown and green) before we left him to get back to the crabs.
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We found this guy chasing crabs in a shallow rock pool. He went through several colour changes (deep purple, white, brown and green) before we left him to get back to the crabs.
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We found this guy chasing crabs in a shallow rock pool. He went through several colour changes (deep purple, white, brown and green) before we left him to get back to the crabs.
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We found this guy chasing crabs in a shallow rock pool. He went through several colour changes (deep purple, white, brown and green) before we left him to get back to the crabs.
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"This one was lurking in the seaweed instead of under rocks as usual and I only spotted it when the ""seaweed"" moved like a snake along the bottom of the sea floor and disappeared. This one was much larger than the ones I usually see around here, with tentacles about 600mm each. The very distinctive orange on the suckers was also more of a brown colour."
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"This one was lurking in the seaweed instead of under rocks as usual and I only spotted it when the ""seaweed"" moved like a snake along the bottom of the sea floor and disappeared. This one was much larger than the ones I usually see around here, with tentacles about 600mm each. The very distinctive orange on the suckers was also more of a brown colour."
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"This one was lurking in the seaweed instead of under rocks as usual and I only spotted it when the ""seaweed"" moved like a snake along the bottom of the sea floor and disappeared. This one was much larger than the ones I usually see around here, with tentacles about 600mm each. The very distinctive orange on the suckers was also more of a brown colour."
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"This one was lurking in the seaweed instead of under rocks as usual and I only spotted it when the ""seaweed"" moved like a snake along the bottom of the sea floor and disappeared. This one was much larger than the ones I usually see around here, with tentacles about 600mm each. The very distinctive orange on the suckers was also more of a brown colour."
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"This one was lurking in the seaweed instead of under rocks as usual and I only spotted it when the ""seaweed"" moved like a snake along the bottom of the sea floor and disappeared. This one was much larger than the ones I usually see around here, with tentacles about 600mm each. The very distinctive orange on the suckers was also more of a brown colour."
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So great to start exploring a completely different part of Otaipango (at least 1km away from where I usually go) and still find a wheke :) This one was cruising around in the shallow sub tidal of a side gut and lurking in the seaweed, instead of under rocks as the others do at the main part. Due to the orange eyes this is the common octopus.
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So great to start exploring a completely different part of Otaipango (at least 1km away from where I usually go) and still find a wheke :) This one was cruising around in the shallow sub tidal of a side gut and lurking in the seaweed, instead of under rocks as the others do at the main part. Due to the orange eyes this is the common octopus.
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So great to start exploring a completely different part of Otaipango (at least 1km away from where I usually go) and still find a wheke :) This one was cruising around in the shallow sub tidal of a side gut and lurking in the seaweed, instead of under rocks as the others do at the main part. Due to the orange eyes this is the common octopus.
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So great to start exploring a completely different part of Otaipango (at least 1km away from where I usually go) and still find a wheke :) This one was cruising around in the shallow sub tidal of a side gut and lurking in the seaweed, instead of under rocks as the others do at the main part. Due to the orange eyes this is the common octopus.
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After 2 weeks of waging war on wattle (Acacia longifolia) and not much Nature Watching, it was wonderful to be back in the moana and within 5 minutes come across a wheke as usual. Seeing as they are quite common I guess that is why the english name is the common octopus - that would be right @pjd1 ? *LOL* Orange eyes = the common octopus or Macroctopus maorum
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After 2 weeks of waging war on wattle (Acacia longifolia) and not much Nature Watching, it was wonderful to be back in the moana and within 5 minutes come across a wheke as usual. Seeing as they are quite common I guess that is why the english name is the common octopus - that would be right @pjd1 ? *LOL* Orange eyes = the common octopus or Macroctopus maorum
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After 2 weeks of waging war on wattle (Acacia longifolia) and not much Nature Watching, it was wonderful to be back in the moana and within 5 minutes come across a wheke as usual. Seeing as they are quite common I guess that is why the english name is the common octopus - that would be right @pjd1 ? *LOL* Orange eyes = the common octopus or Macroctopus maorum
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After 2 weeks of waging war on wattle (Acacia longifolia) and not much Nature Watching, it was wonderful to be back in the moana and within 5 minutes come across a wheke as usual. Seeing as they are quite common I guess that is why the english name is the common octopus - that would be right @pjd1 ? *LOL* Orange eyes = the common octopus or Macroctopus maorum
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After 2 weeks of waging war on wattle (Acacia longifolia) and not much Nature Watching, it was wonderful to be back in the moana and within 5 minutes come across a wheke as usual. Seeing as they are quite common I guess that is why the english name is the common octopus - that would be right @pjd1 ? *LOL* Orange eyes = the common octopus or Macroctopus maorum
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After 2 weeks of waging war on wattle (Acacia longifolia) and not much Nature Watching, it was wonderful to be back in the moana and within 5 minutes come across a wheke as usual. Seeing as they are quite common I guess that is why the english name is the common octopus - that would be right @pjd1 ? *LOL* Orange eyes = the common octopus or Macroctopus maorum
