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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 10:47 PM
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Would anyone like to see a tree octapus?







The Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis) can be found in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast of North America. Their habitat lies on the Eastern side of the Olympic mountain range, adjacent to Hood Canal. These solitary cephalopods reach an average size (measured from arm-tip to mantle-tip,) of 30-33 cm. Unlike most other cephalopods, tree octopuses are amphibious, spending only their early life and the period of their mating season in their ancestrial aquatic environment. Because of the moistness of the rainforests and specialized skin adaptations, they are able to keep from becoming desiccated for prolonged periods of time, but given the chance they would prefer resting in pooled water.

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 10:49 PM
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1. Why can't I use Photoshop like that?
Edited on Fri Apr-02-04 10:50 PM by Argumentus
Not enough practice putting octopi into trees, of course.

Edit: I can't type.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 11:12 PM
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2. They ARE real...
They're a distant relative of the rare "Desert Octopus"
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