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The 2017 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest

an octopus with blue eyes is shown in the dark water, looking like it's floating

an octopus swims in the ocean with its tentacles stretched out and it's eyes open

an octopus is laying on the sand in the ocean

The seemingly chaotic, but elegant movement of the octopus: how it pulls it off

Despite lacking a rigid skeleton, octopuses have a remarkable coordinated locomotion. Using high-speed cameras, a group at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem found the octopus achieves this by precisely and independently moving one or more of its eight legs to crawl its body, even when its facing a different direction. Moreover, there is no discernible rhythm or pattern to this undulating leg movement, making the octopus unique in this respect. It's controlled chaos, and only the octopus ...

an octopus is swimming in the ocean with its tentacles stretched out to dry on the seabed

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an octopus sculpture sitting on top of a surfboard in front of a dark background

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an octopus is laying on the sand with its eyes closed and it's head turned upside down

an octopus is sitting on the ocean floor

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an octopus is laying on the ground with its head in it's tentacles

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Poison ocellate octopus: This small octopus is normally plain brown in color, but can assume a bright, striped pattern with a single blue ring when disturbed. The color change advertises a venomous bite. (Amphioctopus siamensis; Alor, Indonesia)