You might look twice if you passed by this Technicolor sea creature gliding through the ocean water. In celebration of World Octopus Day, we"re marveling at a photograph of the rarely seen blanket octopus, near Palm Beach, Florida. The blanket octopus gets its common name from the sheets of webbing that stretch between some arms of the female, like the one pictured here. When threatened, it spreads out its arms, creating a blanketlike silhouette to intimidate would-be attackers.
An underwater rainbow
Today in History
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Vila Franca Islet, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
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Wahclella Falls, Oregon
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A notorious advocate for women
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Wandering Watkins Glen
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El Valle de la Luna, Chile
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Eurasian scops owl
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Saint Andrews Day
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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World Elephant Day
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A polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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Seattle Central Library, Seattle, Washington
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Smoking nights in Austria
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Presidents Day in America’s front yard
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Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens
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Bear watching in the Finnish forest
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World Teachers Day
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Saguaro cacti, Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona
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It s Tolkien Reading Day
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
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Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley of Wales
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The Blue City of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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It s Computer Science Education Week
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Badlands National Park turns 44
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Happy Father s Day
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The dancing trees of Sumba Island
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European river otter, Netherlands
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Staircase of turquoise pools
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‘Stepping’ into Black History Month
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