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“… The only visible features of the octopus are its optic nerve, eyeballs, and digestive tract (the silvery piece in the middle). Giving details of the finding, the Schmidt Ocean Institute that recorded nearly 20 minutes of footage, shared a video along with a long caption describing the ‘glass octopus’. They also carried out a camera exploration of five additional seamounts. The team carried out high-resolution seafloor mapping of more than 30,000 km. The discovery was made after scientists spent around 34 days aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute research vessel. The creature was seen 651m deep at a seamount in Winslow reef complex on Tokelau Ridge in Phoenix Islands Archipelago. You could be shouting "get a room" at the wind.A post shared by Schmidt Ocean Institute sea scientists captured this incredibly rare and eerie-looking ‘glass octopus’ during a recent expedition in the central Pacific Ocean. I guess that's to be expected when they're virtually invisible. They've been seen together, being about as intimate as octopuses ever are and presumably mating, but it was unclear what exactly was going on.
Glass octopus skin#
The glass octopus's see-through skin may help the elusive creature hide from both predators and prey. It's not clear what the Glass Octopus does. Footage of a rarely seen glass octopus a creature named for its nearly transparent skin is just one result of a deep-sea scientific exploration of seamounts in the central Pacific Ocean. To the disapprobation of the other octopuses, I'm sure Some pelagic octopuses, like the Blanket Octopus, have that crazy thing where the male just detaches his hectocotylus and gives it to the female. Most octopuses are conservative about this sort of thing and mate on the sea floor. Like other octopuses, the male has an arm modified into a sexual organ known as the hectocotylus.
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They also have strange, rectangular eyes. His love of the nature that surrounds him and the creativity that glass blowing allows has been the foundation of Soul Glass. Artist, Michael Hopko has been molding hot molten glass since his first college course in 1990. With a mantle that can reach up to 4.3 inches for a total length of about 18 inches. Proudly made in the USA.Featuring the Glass Octopus, Trout, Salmon and additional Saltwater and Freshwater Collections. Don't we all want our belly to cast the least possible shadow? The International Union for Conservation of Nature classified the glass octopus as a species of least concern.
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The Glass Octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) is a transparent almost colorless cephalopod and is often compared to a living glass sculpture. That way, it casts the least possible shadow. The Glass Octopus has an overall length between 15.75-17.7 (40-45 cm), mantle length of 3.5-4.7 (9-12 cm), and weight of.
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For the Glass Octopus, this means orientating their body so that their decidedly opaque digestive gland stands vertical in the water column. Lots of predatory fish will be looking upward from the depths, trying to discern the shadow cast by prey. This is a pelagic octopus, swimming through the ocean far above the sea floor. Transparency therefore is a supreme camouflage if you can manage it. This is the Twilight Zone, where the Sun's light is reduced to a blue haze. They live in tropical and subtropical waters across the world at depths between 165 and 1,690 metres (540 and 5,550 feet). The Glass Octopus reaches 11 cm (4.3 in) in mantle length and 45 cm (18 in) when you include the tentacles.