Day Octopus

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Octopus Rock earns its name from an unusually high density of day octopus, which actively hunt crabs and small fish across the rubble-strewn seafloor during daylight hours. Their sophisticated camouflage — switching skin texture and color in under a second — makes every encounter an exercise in careful observation. The abundance of prey in the tidal currents appears to support far more individuals here than at comparable sites in the region.