AnthropoceneMan99/100 TreeOctopi agree!
Blippy the Wonder Slug ๐ฉ๐ช@arstechnica
No mention of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus?
Blippy the Wonder Slug (MOVED)The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus (Oct. Rododensis) is another recently re-discovered species, thought extinct since the late 1800s.
Efforts are being made to increase their population.
The original range for the PNW Tree Octopus was the entire north Pacific rim, including Alaska, Siberia, and Japan.
They were very popular as companions in feudal Japan, and much literature and art can be found.
For World Octopus Day, I'd like to highlight the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus (Oct. Rododensis).
Long thought to have gone the way of the American Bison, Tree Octopi have been spotted recently in remote parts of Cascadia, giving hope that a breeding program might bring them back.
If you see an octopus in the woods, leave it be. I know the urge to bring it home as a pet is strong: theyre social, smart, and not shy.
But they get very large, very quickly.
@jerry @philippmichelreichold
I didn't know there were still any around. Somehow, I thought they'd "gone extinct," like the American Bison (but no one wanted to rescue the octopi (except a few fisherman's wives, but that's another story)), and the last ones were seen trying to make ends meet in the early 1900s...
#PNWTreeOctopus
I didn't know there were still any around. Somehow, I thought they'd "gone extinct," like the American Bison (but no one wanted to rescue the octopi (except a few fisherman's wives, but that's another story)), and the last ones were seen trying to make ends meet in the early 1900s...
#PNWTreeOctopus