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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Fibonacci Day
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International Day for Monuments and Sites
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The largest living organism on Earth
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Porto Flavia, Sardinia, Italy
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National Llama Day
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Petrified Forest National Park
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The Bazaruto Archipelago of Mozambique
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An inland ocean
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Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York
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A traboule in Lyon, France
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Lavender rows, Plateau de Valensole, Provence, France
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Manatee Awareness Month
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It’s World Migratory Bird Day
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World Theatre Day
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Art Basel Miami Beach
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Western Monarch Day
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Manatee Awareness Month
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The Canary Islands, Spain
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Golden Bridge, Bà Nà Hills, Da Nang, Vietnam
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Male hooded merganser, Oregon
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Taking the scenic route to Sturgis
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Old city wall of Hwaseong Fortress, Suwon, South Korea
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Entoloma hochstetteri mushroom at Lake Mahinapua, New Zealand
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Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota
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Fibonacci Day
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Rocky mountain pi
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Uredd Rest Area, Norway
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Glenfinnan Viaduct
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World Migratory Bird Day
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Does this chameleon look a little insecure?
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