My favorite marine animal is the octopus, hands down. I love that they are known for their intelligence, escapist tendencies, deceiving defense mechanism and sometimes, their ability to predict the future of gorgeous millionaires like Iker Casillas. Sadly, most octopods don't live very long. They stay in the earthly seas for ten months at most and then go on to live the remainder of their fabulosity in the spirit world. It is this lifespan and their ability to escape aquariums that make them elusive features in marine sanctuaries. I went to two sites in San Francisco but I wasn't able to see any, only coral reefs made after Philippine seas. :( The good news is that I was able to find a North Pacific Giant Octopus in Seattle, right after Spain won the World Cup. Talk about victory! Hehe. :D
This particular octopus lives in two aquariums connected by a tube. It squeezes itself out of one aquarium and crosses the tube to the other. Most visitors coax the octopus to move to the other side but since it behaves LIKE A BOSS, all they can really do is wait with hope. Hahaha. It didn't happen when I was there though.
This is the clearest picture I have because the octopus moved so fast and I didn't want to block anybody's view. Check out that stare (more like sneer)! Like. A. Boss.
While squid and cuttlefish have tentacles, an octopus has "arms". I keep on calling it tentacles though. Force of habit. :( Look at its underside! I've observed that the suction caps (the white round ones) rotate as the octopus moves. I really find their locomotion very elegant and almost fluid.
Eksena! I can only imagine rows and rows of takoyaki and calamari and a pool filled with adobo. Yes, my love affair with food can never be undermined by my love for creatures of the sea. Haha! Yummy!
I'm pretty sure these are sea urchins. I wanted to take pictures of the stud puffin (see what I did there? HAHA) but it moved out of the frame. Makulit kasi siya. Bummer.
A few months a year, Seattle becomes home to a lot of salmons. Whenever they are in season, schools swim upstream for people to see. I'm only interested in salmon when it's sliced fresh by a sashimi knife so I just settled for the view. It was a beautiful day. :)
Before I boarded the ferry, I sat by a dock and had fish and chips.
This was my view from the table...
It would've been amazing to pet them, if they weren't such a health hazard. Hahaha. Kidding!
Hehe. I just wanted to share. That is all! :D
