Cephalopod Videos

Squid - possibly Ommastrephes bartramii
Gigantic Squid Washed Ashore in Peloponnese Jan 2015
Residents of Katakolo in the municipality of Pyrgos, Peloponnese, Greece , were surprised to find a gigantic squid that had washed ashore. The unusual finding attracted the attention of residents who rushed to take photographs and videos. According to local media, the squid exceeded one meter in length which is very unusual for the region where it was found. Meanwhile, many people have come forward stating that they had seen more of the “gigantic” squids washed ashore around the area.

Be sure to watch the video to the end for perspective :sagrin:
@Tintenfisch , @GPO87 - species?

 
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Squid - Architeuthis dux (Giant Squid)
Published on Jan 23, 2015
This is a rare video of giant squid caught by Japanese fishermen on 23th January of 2015.
Fishermen caught squid in net, then they've released it in closed pool with fishes.
It's been nearly 6 meters long (19,7 ft).

The animal did not live long and will be preserved for research


 
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Octopus - probably Octopus vulgaris
Another nice camo video

Published on Jan 18, 2015
This guy took me completely by surprise while snorkeling in the Caribbean. I dove down to have a look at the shell that you can see just under where the octopus appears and as I approached the octopus came out of hiding. I had literally no idea he was there until I was about a metre away.

 
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Octopus - Enteroctopus dofleini (Giant Pacific Octopus, GPO)
GPO and Harbor Seal - British Columbia


A short news writeup on the encounter here
 
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Octopus - Published on Jul 16, 2012
Some species of octopuses are capable of walking on just two arms (bipedal). The octopus expert Crissy Hufford searches for them in the wilds of Indonesia.


 
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Octopus Amphioctopus marginatus (Coconut Octopus, Veined Octopus)
Amphioctopus marginatus opens jar
from Richard Ross Plus 3 years ago / via Vimeo Desktop Uploader Not Yet Rated
In the three months since we put an Amphiocotpus marginatus we collected in the Philippines on display at the Steinhart Aquarium, the octopus, named Fontenelle, has been engaging visitors to the aquarium. Fontenelle is in plain sight 95% of the time, often in interesting ‘lookout’ poses, playing with toy squid and toy octopus, or moving its den from jars to bottles to clay pots while keeping an eye on the people watching its antics. This species is one of the boldest cephalopods I have worked with, hunting with startling speed and latching onto my arm with that same unnerving speed anytime I have to put my hand in the tank. The growth rate on this animal is amazing, and since we decided not to be invasive with gathering data with this animal because we don’t want to stress it as we learn its husbandry needs (this may be the first time this species has been on public display) the two pictures at packedhead.net/2011/coconut-octopus-grows-and-opens-jars/ show the growth of the octopus in just a few months.

Even more exciting, Fontenelle has learned how to open jars by unscrewing the jars lid, one of the more captivating behaviors that octopus can learn (another being squirting me in the eye when I bring shrimp). The octopus has been opening jars for a couple of weeks already, and actually learned within a couple of days, but I have been unable to capture the opening on video. Either the jar is open before I get to the front of the tank, or the jar gets opened when I leave to attend to other animals. Today I set up the tripod before putting the jar in the tank and was able to catch the act on video. Its hard to see the actual unscrewing of the lid, and the final opening of the jar looks like the octopus simply pulls the lid up, but trust me, to get to that point the lid had to be unscrewed. Now, its time to start with other jars with more threads on the lid, tightening the lid much more, and finding other objects in which to hide food.

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Nautilus
Published on May 4, 2012
It's more ancient than the dinosaurs & it's survived relatively unchanged for millions of years ... In this HD video, the Earth Touch divers come across the strange and fascinating marine animal known as the nautilus.

 

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