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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Red fox
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Back on the rise
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How do ladybugs winter?
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Infrared Jupiter, erupting Io
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Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
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World Bee Day
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Everglades National Park marks 90 years
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Arctic fox in Norway
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Let the games begin
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Whooper swans, Kotoku Pond, Japan
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Happy 50th for the National Trails System!
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Incense making, Vietnam
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Nighttime view over the Gulf Coast
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Clouds over the River of Grass
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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Land ho in New Zealand 250 years ago
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Up in the Highlands
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Napping away New Year s Day
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It s only Wednesday
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Frost on autumn leaves
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Join us in celebrating World Water Day
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Presidents Day
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Siblings Day
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Reindeer, Lapland, Finland
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At the foot of Dubrovnik s Gibraltar
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Fat Bear Week
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Isla del Pescado on the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
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A fortress in the sky
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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