You might look twice if you passed by this Technicolor sea creature gliding through the ocean water. In celebration of World Octopus Day, we"re marveling at a photograph of the rarely seen blanket octopus, near Palm Beach, Florida. The blanket octopus gets its common name from the sheets of webbing that stretch between some arms of the female, like the one pictured here. When threatened, it spreads out its arms, creating a blanketlike silhouette to intimidate would-be attackers.
An underwater rainbow
Today in History
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Angkor, Cambodia
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World Reef Awareness Day
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Keep calm and drive on (slowly)
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Till the cows come home
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Flag Day
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Oud-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Virginia
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It s Slovenia s Independence and Unity Day
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We have liftoff!
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Eye of the cave
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Big Bend National Park anniversary
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Nature Photography Day
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Pi Day
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The call of the wild in Alaska
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Petroglyphs near Fruita in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Freeze frame
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Royal Alcázar of Seville, Spain
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Poinsettia Day
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You re feeling sleepy
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At the shore of an inland sea
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50 years of Earth Day
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National Frog Month
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International Womens Day
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Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
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Paleontology meets art
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Bormio, Lombardy, Italy
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Flocking together in the Antarctic
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Happy International Day of Forests!
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A hit ballet, long after its debut
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It’s Canada’s national day
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