"In The Octopus's Garden"

From: "In The Octopus's Garden"
by Julie Zeidner Russo

--"marine mammals that feed on octopuses include seals, sea lions, sea otters, and killer whales, at least." -David Scheel


from the zoo...






--"researchers study the middens or refuse heaps outside the octopus den to learn more about their diets, which include crustaceans, small crabs, scallops, bivalves, snails, fish, and even other octopuses."




--shallow waters may be important for "rearing purposes."





--conservation efforts are made more challenging due to octopuses "solitary nature" and camouflage-they're hard to count.

--it's hard to know how to keep track of them properly...


*for more info see: http://www.nurp.noaa.gov/Spotlight/Octopus.htm
**pictures taken at the PPG Aquarium

-->I have tried repeatedly over the past few days to upload the 20 minute video I took at the zoo, but my computer wouldn't have it...so...the last photo in this post is in fact the starting shot of the video...perhaps I'll get it to work in future-octopuses are fascinating to watch in motion...