Day Octopus (He'e) Using Crypsis To Hide

The best way to see one of these shy creatures is to hang out in an area and stay about five minutes. Pretty soon, shy fish will get used to your presence and come out of hiding. "Hey, that rock just moved," could be an octopus.

Exposure Date: 2011:03:07 10:20:26;

ImageDescription: Copyright 2011 Jane Gnass; Underwater reef community, marine invertebrates (absence of backbone or spinal column, e.g., coral & octopus); purple & brown octopus “Intelligent Invertebrate: Day Octopus (Hawai'ian: He'e) Using Crypsis (Camouflage) to Hide” Here, nestled into a natural bowl of old coral, snorkeling from above the octupus looked like a hole in the coral. Camouflage is a method of crypsis (hiding). Snorkeling at Keawakapu Beach reef, Pacific Ocean, Kihei, Island of / County of Maui, Hawaiian Islands;

Make: Panasonic;

Model: DMC-TS2;

ExposureTime: 1/400 s;

FNumber: f/3;

ISOSpeedRatings: 400;

ExposureProgram: Normal program;

ExposureBiasValue: 4294967263/50;

MeteringMode: Pattern;

Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode;

FocalLength: 5 mm;

FocalLengthIn35mmFilm: 29 mm;

Software: iPhoto 9.6;