Here are some fun facts about the Blanket Octopus 🐙 🎥 By @jacintashackleton Blanket octopus females are 10,000 times bigger than males. For many animals, the male is the bigger and flashier sex. But not so for the blanket octopus. The females can reach up to 2 meters (~6.6 ft) in length. The males, on the other hand, are the size of the pupil in a female’s eye, or roughly the size of your thumbnail Blanket octopuses are very romantic. When a male finds a female he likes, he doesn’t try to conv

228K views · 2.8K shares | This "rainbow" blanket octopus is one of the most beautiful creatures in the ocean | UNILAD Adventure | Facebook

1.2M views · 3.4K reactions | While snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef, Jacinta Shackleton Videography and Photography came across a blanket octopus!  This species of pelagic octopus is rarely encountered and will spend its entire lifecycle in the open ocean. The first live male was only sighted in 2002! 錄 | Science Channel | Facebook