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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Wildebeest on the move
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Purple flowers and Golden Week
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Maya site of Copán
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Reindeer, Lapland, Finland
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Montreux, Switzerland, and all that jazz
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Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting
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Here s looking at you
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Lobster tales
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The Twin Cities celebrate Pride
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World Sea Turtle Day
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Hoisting a flag for seafarers
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Cappadocia, Türkiye
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Astoria-Megler Bridge, Oregon
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New Years Eve
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Look before you leap
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Santorini through the clouds
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World Meerkat Day
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St. Patricks Day in County Waterford, Ireland
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Short-beaked echidna, Adelaide Hills, Australia
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A festival of colors
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Blink and you ll miss it
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Christmas Eve
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Aspens in the White River National Forest, Colorado
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Oh, to sleep under the northern lights
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Colorful cows of the reef
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You won’t see this on Mulberry Street
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The village of Castelluccio above the Piano Grande, Umbria, Italy
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Red deer stag in Glen Affric, Scottish Highlands
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Earth Day and National Park Week
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