Octopuses 101

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A young argonaut octopus (aka “paper nautilus”) hitches a ride atop a muave stinger jellyfish. The relationship isn’t fully understood - the only thing that’s obvious is that the nautilus gets protection from the jelly’s arsenal of stinging tentacles. Argonauts are usually attached to something, but sometimes that’s a leaf, a non-stinging salp, and more & more frequently every year… plastic whosamabobs. Does the octopus consume some of the jelly? Does it steal food from the jelly? Is the jelly h

ARGONAUT 🐙 These tiny pelagic octopus are also known as a Paper Nautilus for the beautiful, paper thin calcite shell the females build to encase their eggs and use as a buoyancy device to transverse the ocean currents. The males are a fraction of the size as the females and don’t form these special shells. This one was using its jet propulsion to steer its jellyfish as a shield, hiding itself from our view. They are rarely seen alive, usually offshore far out to sea unless their fragile shells