{"id":4920,"date":"2011-10-12T16:14:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T00:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mlmlblog.wordpress.com\/?p=4920"},"modified":"2011-10-12T16:14:37","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T00:14:37","slug":"happy-cephalopod-awareness-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2011\/10\/12\/happy-cephalopod-awareness-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Cephalopod Awareness Days!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nby Diane Wyse<\/a>, Physical\u00a0Oceanography\u00a0Lab<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat was THAT?!\u201d\u00a0 I expressively gestured to my snorkel buddy, Alex.\u00a0 A streak of bright green and pink that seemed to move too quickly for its blob-like shape darted through the beam of my dive light.\u00a0 As we kicked through the warm moonlit water off the\u00a0Lee Stocking Island<\/a>\u00a0dock, we came across many cool creatures that lay hidden during the daylight hours.\u00a0 Driven partly by curiosity for exploration, and partly by my wild imagination for what could be lurking in the dark, I took a breath and dove down to take a closer look.\u00a0 With a little patience and persistence, we spotted it again, this time stationary on a dock post, posed as though it was ready for a chase.\u00a0 That beautiful animal that had caught my eye, much to my delight, was a spunky little octopus.\u00a0 It was a brief but exciting first encounter with one in the wild.\u00a0 To this day I am still in awe of that cryptic critter\u2019s grace and agility.<\/p>\n

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Caribbean reef octopus on Lee Stocking Island dock post (photo: Alexander Paradise, 2011)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cephalopods<\/a>\u00a0(octopuses, squids, nautiluses, and cuttlefish) are predatory invertebrates found in oceans throughout the world.\u00a0 They are fascinating and charismatic, with cool chromatophores that they use for\u00a0camouflage<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0communication<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a recent transplant from the east coast, I cannot yet speak of encounters with cephalopods while diving in the cool Pacific waters, though I am keeping an eye out for them!\u00a0 A recent graduate, Erin Jensen, studied octopods during her time at Moss Landing, and you can find a post related to her research\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out this\u00a0neat post<\/a>\u00a0about cephalopods by invertebrate zoologist and echinoderm expert Dr. Chris Mah in recognition of\u00a0Cephalopod Awareness Days<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t get enough?\u00a0 See a\u00a0Giant Pacific Octopus<\/a>\u00a0on exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.<\/p>\n

Do you have photos or stories about cephalopods?\u00a0 Visit the\u00a0MLML Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0and share!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Diane Wyse, Physical\u00a0Oceanography\u00a0Lab \u201cWhat was THAT?!\u201d\u00a0 I expressively gestured to my snorkel buddy, Alex.\u00a0 A streak of bright green and pink that seemed to move too quickly for its blob-like shape darted through the beam of my dive light.\u00a0 As we kicked through the warm moonlit water off the\u00a0Lee Stocking Island\u00a0dock, we came across […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[158],"class_list":["post-4920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-invertebrates"],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"MLML Student Life","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}