A Wunderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) uses its eight arms to walk across the bottom of a sand slope in Lembeh Strait.

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Wunderpus octopus, Wunderpus photogenicus. This rare species of octopus is sometimes found in sandy burrows on shallow slopes in the Coral Triangle. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacfic Ocean.

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Size: 9500px × 6334px
Location: Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Photo credit: © Ethan Daniels / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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