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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Groundhog Day
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Women s suffrage at 100
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International Rock Day
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Atlanta Botanical Garden
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Hoisting a flag for seafarers
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Poinsettia Day
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Perfect timing
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Chinese New Year
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Stepping stones in Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Ireland
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Get amped for Glastonbury
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Caribou on the move
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Atrani, Amalfi Coast, Italy
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Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan
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Village of Zahara de la Sierra, Cadiz, Spain
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Falling for Tennessee
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A bohemian feline
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park turns 103
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National Frog Month
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Celebrating Panama s independence
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The last thing seen by Wile E. Coyote
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Honoring our veterans
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Here we mark the price of freedom
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The largest living organism on Earth
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The tortoise and the finch
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Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Germany
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Unbearable cuteness
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Broken Beach in Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia
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Buddha in the roots of a tree, Ayutthaya, Thailand
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A predator at risk
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The largest American bison around
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