Octopus caught in tidepool at Cape Arago South
Credit: Ocean Networks Canada / Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility
Appeared only as a tentacle at first, but seemingly appeared out of nowhere from a hole in the sand. It wasn’t doing very well, and got swept down the pool, where it got tangled up with a northern kelp crab, which attempted to eat it. The octo inked, and got away, where it briefly hung onto the opposite side of the pool, before being swept away by a large wave. Extremely cool encounter, but this guy was clearly not doing well at all, unfortunately. Never thought in a million years that I’d see one here. Not sure on species, but it appeared to be different from the one I saw earlier this year in Yachats
I think it was a GPO, because I could not see the eyelashes normally found on ruby octopuses