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Giant Octo Mom and her brood. These nurturers will not leave their eggs (and thus, not eat) for 4-7 months. This mother was gracious enough to allow me a few photos and I fed her herring for her trouble.

Momma!

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Hatching Opalescent Squid Eggs, 55' deep. Each squid is about 4mm long. (2/23/99)

Squid Eggs!

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Pacific Giant Octopus (Octopus Dofleini), Sunrise Beach Park, Gig Harbor in mid-afternoon!

KING

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Northern Red Anemone? Seqiu, WA

Neah Anemone

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Octopus dofleini, weight to 110+ lbs. Lives 3-5 years.

Alien

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Comb jelly in all its glory. This fella is about 0.5 inch diameter.

Comb Jelly

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Octopus rubescens, a small cousin of the giant.

Octo Spread

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A mother's gentle touch. This octo caresses her eggs constantly to provide her babies a clean and well aerated environment. Tacoma Narrows, Puget Sound

Twister

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Stubby Squid (Gonatus fabricii), Washington

Stubby Alien

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Red Anemone or Flower? Seqiu, WA, Straight of Juan de Fuca

Neah Flower

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Mom's initial response to my intrusion was to protect her young. Once she learned I was not a threat, she gladly interacted and posed for me!

Home

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Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus) May be yellow, orange, brown, reddish, or purple.

Purple Star

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A bright Sunflower Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) in The Fingers, Neah Bay

Wall Star

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A lion's mane jellyfish cruises by

Alien?

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Probably a Pacific Staghorn Sculpin (Artedius harringtoni), the most common local sculpin

Sculpin-cushion

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Crab decorates with eggs!, Keystone, WA

Crab n' Cargo

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Pacific Giant, preyed on by wolf-eel, lingcod, and scuba divers. I once saw a giant wolf-eel and octopus co-habiting in this hole!

Breathe

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This little jelly is the size of a dime. Puget Sound, Seattle

Small Jelly

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Anemone

Anemone Eyes

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Opalescent squid (Loligo opalescens)- Returns to inland waters around October and spawns in January.

Night Squid

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Pacific Giants can be docile, but are rarely seen out in the open during the day like this one!

Octo Eye

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Stubby Squid

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the comb jelly is a ctenophore, or "comb-bearer". They have "sticky" cells rather than a jellyfish's stinging cells.

Comb Jelly

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