Common Sydney OCTOPUS - close-up, endemic

Common Sydney OCTOPUS - close-up, endemic (Octopus tetricus). Sydney Harbour, Australia. It feeds on shellfish and small crabs which it drills and poisons before eating the paralyised contents, gives toxic bite. Females eat the male after mating

Restrictions Not for Australia

Cannibalism Mollusc Molluscs Octopus Octopuses Scary Strange Suckers Sydney Tentacles Toxic

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