Its spatial distribution includes the coastal North Pacific, along Mexico (Baja California), The United States (California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska), Canada (British Columbia), Russia, Eastern China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula. "I took that footage, it lashed out at me and I was quite surprised and then it swam off into deeper water," Karlson told CNN Friday. The giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), also known as the North Pacific giant octopus, is a large marine cephalopod belonging to the genus Enteroctopus. Karlson posted his video on Instagram, where it has been viewed 60,000 times. A video showing an octopus lashing out at a man on a beach last month in Western Australia has gone viral. The giant Pacific octopus is also known as the Northern Pacific giant octopus. The adult giant Pacific octopus weighs around 33 lbs. Realizing the creature was, in fact, an octopus, he started filming it - just in time for the angry invertebrate to launch itself at him. The giant Pacific octopus or ‘Enteroctopus Dofleini’ is the biggest known octopus species. On March 18, 34-year-old Lance Karlson was walking on the beach and looking for somewhere to swim with his two-year-old daughter in Geographe Bay, a popular snorkeling spot about 140 miles south of Perth, when he saw what he thought was a stingray leap from the water. (CNN) - Considered by biologists to be some of the most intelligent invertebrates, octopuses are normally playful and inquisitive.īut an Australian geologist saw another side to the marine creatures, when one octopus defended its home in Western Australia rather aggressively. The Guinness Book of World Records lists the largest of these animals weighing in at 300 pounds (136.1 kg), although there has been a report of one weighing about 600 pounds (272.2 kg) with an arm span of about 30 feet (9.1 m). The giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), also known as the North Pacific giant octopus, is a large marine cephalopod belonging to the genus Enteroctopus.
That's according to a study published Thursday that helps. Considered by biologists to be some of the most intelligent invertebrates, octopuses are normally playful and inquisitive. The Giant Pacific Octopus is one of the most gigantic octopuses in the world by quite a bit. Some octopuses intimidate their neighbors by turning black, standing tall and looming over them threateningly, like an eight-armed Dracula.
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