The dazzling blanket octopus is a rare sight indeed! This pelagic species lives in the open sea, and facts are few & far between. In 2002, the first live male was discovered. We now know that this species has one of the largest gender size discrepancies (sexual size dimorphism) in the animal kingdom. Females grow up to 6.5 ft (2 meters), and the males only grow an estimated 2.4 cm long!! Even more mind boggling - the male blanket octopus weighs 40,000 times less than the female. 😮 Incredible fo

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The Female Blanket Octopus: The Superhero of the Ocean!

How many cephalopod species can you name off the top of your head? GO! 🐙🔱 The rarely sighted female blanket octopuses can grow to six feet and has long flowing sheets of iridescent flesh trailing behind her. She’s basically Wonder Woman of the sea. ⁣ ⁣ 🌈 The graceful cape of the blanket octopus helps her appear much bigger & intimidating to potential predators as she spends her entire life swimming in the open ocean! Only decending slightly to avoid predators. ⁣ ⁣ 😱In situations of distress,

They're 2 metres long, 10,000 times heavier than the males and can even rip off the infamous Portuguese man o’war's tentacles and wield them as weapons | Discover Wildlife

Tremoctopus is a genus of pelagic cephalopods, containing four species that occupy surface to mid-waters in subtropical and tropical oceans. They are commonly known as Blanket Octopuses, in reference to the long, transparent webs that connect the dorsal and dorsolateral arms of the adult females. Blanket octopuses are immune to the venomous Portuguese man o' war, whose tentacles the male and immature females rip off and use for offensive and defensive purposes. Like many other octopuses, the bla