Comments on: TGIF: Strange Blanket Octopus

By: Blanket Throws

Blanket Throws — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:19:14 +0000

Wow, that truly is a marvelous, gracious creature. I wonder what benefits its sexual dimorphism brings.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:01:56 +0000

Terry – Tremoctopodidae males are listed as being ~15mm so yeah this would be the 1-2m long female. I actually wish it was the male with the peacock eye spots in the blankets (no you’re not tripping Peter, or more precisely your seeing eyespots is not a factor of tripping). That would mean the females would be near to 100m!!! Wahooo! That would make my day!

By: Terry Cloth

Terry Cloth — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:58:34 +0000

Given the dimorphism, I sure as hell hope that was a female!

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:19:31 +0000

that’s not actually a blanket octopus. it is in fact the amiable alien creature from the great movie–The Abyss. check it out. you’ll see. ha

(that is gorgeous footage btw. nice music too. i’d like to know the official name for this alien creature)

By: Lou FCD

Lou FCD — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:39:10 +0000

Wow, just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

“…not only stranger than we imagine…”

By: Darr Sandberg

Darr Sandberg — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:32:47 +0000

They don’t look anything like Michael Jackson’s son. They need a better name – blanket octopus is too practical and boring for something so beautiful. If sea slugs can be spanish dancers, octopi can be peacocks, or salome’.

By: Liza

Liza — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:18:47 +0000

Whoa… That was so beautiful!

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:23:38 +0000

Various people have been asking… how big is it? Photographer Cassandra Cox tells me the female she photographer for ToL (linked) was ~1.5 – 2 m long.

By: echoegami

echoegami — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:37:40 +0000

@ Peter, I was reminded of peacock feathers, too.

By: Matt H.

Matt H. — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:24:16 +0000

That was too freaking awesome, it made my friday.