I have to admit that I sunburned my back to a crisp once I found this guy - this is the biggest, and most aggressive octopus I've seen yet, and he put on a show for me for about a half hour, and I just followed him around in amazement. If you look very closely in the first picture, you can see him, almost exactly in the center. They're amazingly well-camoflauged! I'd spent all day looking for them in the reef; I've finally learned to see their tell-tale signs, but I didn't find a one this day... until I swam right over the top of this one. The only reason I saw him was because his siphon was in the sunlight, and opening and closing just as I looked down.
The next couple of pictures are of him being rather perturbed at me - you can see he goes from good camoflauge to this amazing turquoise color as he spreads out to intimidate.
I think he's the coolest thing ever.
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