A common reef octopus (Octopus cyanea) feeds on a dead reef squid amid a field of volcanic sand off northern Sulawesi.
A reef octopus (Octopus cyanea) feeds on a dead reef squid amid a field of volcanic sand off northern Sulawesi. This species of cephalopod is quite common in the tropical western Pacific where coral reefs and sand slopes exist.
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Location: Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Photo credit: © Ethan Daniels / Alamy / Afripics
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