Nickname this octopus! 
🎥: @jacintashackleton 🎉 Introducing: The Ornate Night Octopus! This lanky beauty is the Stegosaurus of Octopuses with white skin spikes running down their arms! 

🤯 If you’re wondering why those front two arms don’t fit in frame, it’s because this species has an arm span that’s most likely taller than you! 2 meters (6.5 feet)

🐙🤳 It’s important to note that this octo has the perfect selfie arms, with their front pair of arms being way longer and thicker than the others. 🦐 Truthfully, The ornate octopus uses those long, suckered arms to expertly search through burrows and holes nabbing shrimp, crabs, and fish for dinner 🦀🐠 

🎣 Imagine having 8 fishing line like tongues scouring over coral rubble in search of food in the pitch black ocean. 

🪄 The magic of having hundreds of suckers that can taste, smell, and take in information at warp speed is that they can almost ‘see’ in the dark!
 👹 OK, but what do these Darth Maul lookin Octos do during the day?

Brilliantly enough, they hide away in lairs deep within rubble sealing off the entrance with bits of broken and dead coral 😴🪸 If ya read this far, let us know if this is the first time you’ve heard of this species! what did ya find most fascinating? 🐙 Also, congrats on the higher OctoIQ! 🧠 🏷 #science #nature #biology #marinelife #cuttlefish #octopuses #cephalopods #reef #underwater #diving #oceanconservation #sea #biodiversity #marinebiology #ocean #animals #fish #octopus #natgeo #nationalgeographic #natgeoyourshot #STEM #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterphotography #wildlifephotography #myoctopusteacher