61K views · 3.1K reactions | Entranced by this larger Pacific striped octopus' behavior? Us too! "Rediscovered" by our own Rich Ross & UC Berkeley's Roy Caldwell in 2013 (which validated another scientist's 22-year-old findings), its behaviors "fly in the face of nearly everything we know about cephalopods" calacade.my/1N6WbRt. / ️ by Tim Wong | California Academy of Sciences | Facebook

We need a nickname for this move! 🎥: Maxwel Hohn Say Howdy to the wildly elegant East Pacific Red Octopus (aka the Ruby Octopus) ⬆️🐙 See how the octopus stretches its whole body (mantle) upwards? 🐙💨 In situations where an octopus is attempting to defend itself, it can either shoot ink, jet away, or display deimatic behavior. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 😱 Deimatic is a Greek word that means “to frighten”⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Deimatic behaviors are an attempt to startle predators and are commonly used by animals that lack