On yesterday’s second morning dive our guide Stenly found (amongst other things) this little baby Octopus for his three Japanese guests. The little fellow had the size of a fingernail or a small coin and was still transparent … you could even see his internal organs working. Its colouration was a little bit like a pygmy squid or a bobtail squid. We think it is a newly hatched Coconut Octopus – this would also explain his preference for little objects and shells … it was grabbing anithing it could find in the sand and tried to hide in it. This picture shows two little shells that i offered him as a little present.
Related reading
On this website:
- Creature Feature: Coconut Octopus
- Cephalopods or headfootings!
- Underwater Tribe/NAD Lembeh Photo Workshop Day 3
- Weird Blueringed Octopus Behaviour
On lembehstrait.com:
