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Octopus


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A large octopus found washed up on the beach in front of the Sanibel Lighthouse. He was about 14 inches of so and oozed a thick, black ink when we picked him up.

He must not have been dead very long because he still had some pigment in his skin, unlike the small specimens that we came across.

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Labels: cephalopods, cold front - high winds - Dec 2010, Gulf of Mexico, Sanibel Island

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