Viened Octopus used with permission- http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2013/June/o325626vi134492-4497.pdfCoconut Octopus using a coconut shell as protection used with permission-http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2013/June/o325626vi134492-4497.pdf

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