This is a tribute to the most marvelous, fascinating, & absolutely mind-blowing creature on Earth: THE OCTOPUS. Credit to the source of anything posted here is given wherever possible (either via caption or a click-through link on the image), unless it comes from me or I really can’t locate attribution. Also, reader submissions can be added on the ‘Submit’ page. If you submit a found image, etc. & it isn’t published, chances are it’s because it was posted here before. As a side-note, my personal & non-cephalopod related Tumblr can be found here. ♥Tumblr (3.0; @octopoda)http://octopoda.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1be901992ded117418145e464a9491b6/tumblr_mldkrgAPK11qzgq9eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/48163865718http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/48163865718Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:14:03 -0400octopuscephalopodtentaclessea creature<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3be85f508e71e8c0e83c45445abb4b7c/tumblr_mldkq8iAOy1qzgq9eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/48163804327http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/48163804327Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:13:20 -0400cephalopodoctopuscraftcute<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/effe65dc9d0e065feaee9e5cf81c7ee9/tumblr_ml5we53v7J1qfrklho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/48163551612http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/48163551612Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:10:28 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/22ed536d048c601646fd9908efc7726c/tumblr_mlbec3LDmL1r49pgeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/48163519609http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/48163519609Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:10:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/49c154230e81651438600390c9c92ef2/tumblr_ml2i34voLN1qzgq9eo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/47667159645http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/47667159645Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:42:40 -0400tentaclesnecklaceoctopuscephalopod<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/579c78c7e4da69d5c2cb84a1b1b08e52/tumblr_mjwdndTc8j1r9ky66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/47666407763http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/47666407763Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:34:22 -0400“In another experiment, Anderson gave octopuses plastic pill bottles painted different shades and with different textures to see which evoked more interest. Usually each octopus would grasp a bottle to see if it were edible and then cast it off. But to his astonishment, Anderson saw one of the octopuses doing something striking: she was blowing carefully modulated jets of water from her funnel to send the bottle to the other end of her aquarium, where the water flow sent it back to her. She repeated the action twenty times. By the eighteenth time, Anderson was already on the phone with Mather with the news: “She’s bouncing the ball!””<br/><br/> - <em><em><a href="http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6474/" target="_blank">Inside the mind of the octopus, </a> </em>Orion Magazine   (proving that octopuses are both amazing and completely adorable)</em>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/47666382141http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/47666382141Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:34:05 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e0b7bdc0cde4c384696935bba5603c36/tumblr_ml2hkrYtqT1qzgq9eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/47666168204http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/47666168204Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:31:39 -0400octopusartcephalopodmoon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ac69f0a25a07f50b22ad46a0c71c6b37/tumblr_ml2hhpAAzr1qzgq9eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/47666004000http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/47666004000Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:29:49 -0400octopuswatchcephalopod<p><img alt="image" height="1000" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ar7oArflV4k/UGsed7mFwtI/AAAAAAAABR8/OTlWWfOYOPk/s1600/The-Rise-Of-The-Octopus-Man.jpg" width="845"/></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span>The Octopus Man Rises</span></p> <p><span>Back in 2008, I painted a small, A4 sized illustration of a character called the Octopus Man. Now, in 2012, I have revisited the mysterious character and painted the scene where he leaves the ocean and steps onto land, for the first time.</span></p> <p><span>Lloyd Harvey</span></p> <p><span><a href="http://www.shrunkenheaddesign.co.uk" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.shrunkenheaddesign.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.shrunkenheaddesign.co.uk</a></a></span></p>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/47665650870http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/47665650870Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:25:52 -0400submissionoctopus<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c42e6e3b31e2f2123970adf72f2f1f4c/tumblr_mh70ixOBaH1ralke7o1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3eeb810514394d60515f753692674f68/tumblr_mh70ixOBaH1ralke7o2_r2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a01fce37160345d3a7978f9fe6487f2f/tumblr_mh70ixOBaH1ralke7o7_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6ad2bdcd9aa8304ae26dd287249dc189/tumblr_mh70ixOBaH1ralke7o8_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f2320489a92b9ad8302f054e56ead990/tumblr_mh70ixOBaH1ralke7o9_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cfa48a1ec6bf335cff3aa562809d9f88/tumblr_mh70ixOBaH1ralke7o10_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/08af1c536099efab9517750a39bce6ab/tumblr_mh70ixOBaH1ralke7o11_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/95148b2e4875c1d46b78c56d22ed2cb9/tumblr_mh70ixOBaH1ralke7o12_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>Let us take a moment to observe the awesomeness of octopus.</p> </blockquote>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/41663596790http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/41663596790Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:58:21 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2c8bbf2d23fc329be56e68bf008b0c23/tumblr_mgfylwzOsD1r7bwqzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/41070396321http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/41070396321Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:09:58 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4884ed198363dac5e8117878913a0698/tumblr_mgygqmHjGz1qzgq9eo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joel_r/" target="_blank">source</a>)</p>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/41070297096http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/41070297096Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:08:00 -0500octopus<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d3fdef04a7387923fe1aee0097142f59/tumblr_mg6lpdRcPp1qzgq9eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/39795638768http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/39795638768Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:03:13 -0500octopusringjewelry<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/44851fc0966a6183dc5226dc25bb1e17/tumblr_mfzhpcgtqC1rjc4fro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/39795541808http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/39795541808Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:01:59 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1187039707f368186452ea0c1422aef2/tumblr_mg69cdz0sJ1rkt6apo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/39795513684http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/39795513684Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:01:38 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/789765227cc2ff4007033d3b7c273097/tumblr_mfjuwlDQkr1qzgq9eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Octopus ice cube tray!</p>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/38733156250http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/38733156250Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:17:09 -0500octopuscutecephalopodoctopuses<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7a0d3b4d0b9fc372c1fb00d155533e4c/tumblr_mfjos7dU931qb65rto1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.comicbookencounters.com/post/38725368248/holiday-octopus-by-seaofcreations" target="_blank">goodguycomics</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Holiday Octopus by SeaOfCreations</p> </blockquote>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/38732977374http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/38732977374Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:14:46 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/903605ba5227decb68b41f9c3395adda/tumblr_mfcmxbwiPi1s1260mo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/38732885421http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/38732885421Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:13:32 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cb69b5c39d5c7f133886cf4f7c3e197d/tumblr_mfjuo9jHFH1qzgq9eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Holidays!</p>http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/38732783219http://octopoda.tumblr.com/post/38732783219Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:12:09 -0500octopusornamentchristmasetsy