But, Its super hard to tell at this size, the arms seem a little too big proportionally compared to the mantle for red octopus, but its really hard to tell when its half out of the water like this what the skin really looks like.
Young giant Pacific octopus. There are also red octopus in Puget Sound, but they have “eyelashes” (papillae).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Pacific_red_octopus
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I agree on the GPO ID from swamp thing
But, Its super hard to tell at this size, the arms seem a little too big proportionally compared to the mantle for red octopus, but its really hard to tell when its half out of the water like this what the skin really looks like.
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Young giant Pacific octopus. There are also red octopus in Puget Sound, but they have “eyelashes” (papillae). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Pacific_red_octopus
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