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Wonderpus Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus). Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Wonderpus Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus). Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Wonderpus Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus). Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Wonderpus Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus). Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Flores, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Mimicking a flounder. Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Mimicking an Eel. Flores, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Mimicking a Stingray. Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Emerging from its hole. Flores, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Mimicking an Eel. Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Mimicking a Flounder. Flores, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Emerging from its hole. Flores, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Emerging from its hole. Flores, Indonesia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Octopus (Octopus tetricus) in its lair. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Sand Octopus (Octopus kaurna). Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Octopus (Octopus marginata) mating. Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Reef Octopus (Octopus pallidus) resting in a bottle. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Octopus (Octopus pallidus). Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Octopus (Octopus pallidus) hatchlings emerging from eggs. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
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Reef Octopus (Octopus pallidus) hatchlings emerging from eggs. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Octopus (Octopus pallidus) hatchlings emerging from eggs. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Octopus (Octopus pallidus) hatchlings emerging from eggs. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pygmy Octopus (Octopus sp.) with eggs. Tasmania, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pygmy Octopus (Octopus sp.) with eggs. Tasmania, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus) - showing colour variation 2. Also known as Coconut Octopus as it is often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) - a mating pair showing the male preparing to insert the modified third right arm into the oviduct of the female. Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Found on reefs in tropical Indo-West Pacific, from Hawaii to east Africa
© Karen Willshaw / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Octopus, (Octopus cyanea) - posed in an unusual position on reef. Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Found on reefs in tropical Indo-West Pacific, from Hawaii to east Africa
© Karen Willshaw / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) - a mating pair showing the male preparing to insert the modified third right arm into the oviduct of the female. Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Found on reefs in tropical Indo-West Pacific, from Hawaii to east Africa
© Karen Willshaw / OceanwideImages.com |
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Wonderpus Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus). Like the Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), this octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage & appears, here, to be mimicing a Banded Sea Snake or Sea Krait. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Greater Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Extremely venomous and dangerous tropical octopus. Photo taken in the Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Greater Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. An extremely venomous and dangerous tropical octopus.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) - deceased after wild dog attack. Found in tropical regions of Indian, Pacific & Atlantic Oceans, excluding the Caribbean. Flinders Beach, Mapoon, Western Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Vulnerable.
© Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com |
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Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) - hatchling. Found in tropical regions of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, excluding the Caribbean. Photo taken on Flinders Beach, Mapoon, Western Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Vulnerable.
© Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orcas or Killer Whales (Orcinus orca). Indo-Pacific. Classified Lower Risk on the IUCN Red List.
© Jim Johnson / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orcas or Killer Whales (Orcinus orca). Indo-Pacific. Classified Lower Risk on the IUCN Red List.
© Jim Johnson / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orcas or Killer Whales (Orcinus orca). Indo-Pacific. Classified Lower Risk on the IUCN Red List.
© Jim Johnson / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orcas or Killer Whales (Orcinus orca). Indo-Pacific. Classified Lower Risk on the IUCN Red List.
© Jim Johnson / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orcas or Killer Whales (Orcinus orca). Indo-Pacific. Classified Lower Risk on the IUCN Red List.
© Jim Johnson / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orcas or Killer Whales (Orcinus orca). Indo-Pacific. Classified Lower Risk on the IUCN Red List.
© Jim Johnson / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orcas or Killer Whales (Orcinus orca). Indo-Pacific. Classified Lower Risk on the IUCN Red List.
© Jim Johnson / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orca or Killer Whales (Orcinus orca). Indo-Pacific. Classified Lower Risk on the IUCN Red List.
© Jim Johnson / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orcas or Killer Whales (Orcinus orca). Also known as a Killer Whale.Located in the Indo-Pacific. Classified Lower Risk on the IUCN Red List.
© Lin Sutherland / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orcas or Killer Whales (Orcinus orca). Also known as a Killer Whale. Located in the Indo-Pacific. Classified Lower Risk on the IUCN Red List.
© Lin Sutherland / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orca or Killer Whales (Orcinus orca). Indo-Pacific. Listed as Lower Risk on the IUCN Red List.
© Lin Sutherland / OceanwideImages.com |
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Thorny Oyster (Spondylus varius). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Honeycomb Oyster (Hyotissa hyotis) covered in encrusting Sponge and Ascidian. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rock Oysters. Bali Hai Island, Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia
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