Octopus Collection (page 10)

Sheet twelve fish cuttlefish numbered 1-12 Latin names
Sheet with twelve fish and cuttlefish, numbered 1-12. With the Latin names. Numbered top right: 26. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish, shells and insects

Day Octopus (Octopus Cyanea) In Mid-Water; Hawaii, United States Of America

Day Octopus (Octopus Cyanea), View Of The Suckers On This Eight Armed Cephalopod; Hawaii, United States Of America

This View Shows The Eight Armed Cephalopod Free Swimming In Mid-Water, Day Octopus, (Octopus Cyanea); Maui, Hawaii, United States Of America

Close Up Of Tentacles Underneath An Octopus; Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Octopus; Israel

Purple octopus; Israel

Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Kosrae, Underside View Of Day Octopus With Surface Visible (Octopus Cyanea)

Hawaii, Full Length View Day Octopus Floating Down From Surface (Octopus Cyanea)

Fiji, Day Octopus (Octopus Cyanea) Close-Up, Curled Up Sitting On Coral

Hawaii, Day Octopus In Midwater, Underside (Octopus Cyanea) With Sun Shining Through

Hawaii, Day Octopus (Octopus Cyanea) Sunburst, B1930

Australia, Pelagic Octopus (Octopus Sp?) Midwater Black Ocean Background A87H

Malaysia, Octopus Cyanea Diguising Itself As A Part Of The Coral Reef

Hawaii, Octopus Cyanea Diguising Itself As A Part Of The Coral Reef

Pelagic species of octopus no more than five inches across at night in Coral Sea; Australia

Day Octopus (Octopus Cyanea) on coral; Fiji

USA, Day Octopus (Octopus Cyanea) swimming; Hawaii

USA, tentacles outstretched over reef; Hawaii, Day Octopus (Octopus Cyanea)

USA, Day Octopus (Octopus Cyanea); Hawaii

USA, Day Octopus (Octopus Cyanea) in Ocean; Hawaii

Hawaii, Day Octopus (Octopus Cyanea) Sitting In Shallow Water

Italy. Rome. Fountain of Neptune. Detail of Neptunes statue
Italy. Rome. Fountain of Neptune, 1574, designed by Giacomo della Porta (1532-1602). Detail of Neptune struggling with an octopus, by Antonio della Bitta (1807-?), 1878. Navona Square

Greater argonaut octopus, Argonauto argo.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

FAIRGROUND OCTOPUS
The Octopus, a popular fairground ride. Date: 1970s

Octopus in Kuala Lumpur

Lesser Octopus, Eledone cirrhosa, side view

A giant Kraken emerging out of the ocean shore to feast on the chosen one

A Deadly Blue Ring Octopus

UK, England. Common Earthstar Fungi (Geastrum triplex) releasing spores

VERNE: 20, 000 LEAGUES. A giant octopus attacking the submarine vessel Nautilus. Wood engraving after a drawing by Alphonse de Neuville from an 1870 edition of Jules Vernes Twenty Thousand Leagues

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Giant octopus attacking a sailing-ship. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of art in the Church of St Malo, France

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Giant octopus attacking the submarine " Nautilus" in Jules Vernes book, " 10, 000 Leagues under the Sea, " edition of 1873, Paris

Wonderpus Octopus, Wunderpus photogenicus, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Mimic Octopus - Found in sandy areas, Ability to change shape and mimic other sand dwelling creatures Milne Bay
VT-8382 Mimic Octopus, Wonderpus - Found in sandy areas, on hand Milne Bay. Papua New Guinea. Ability to change shape and mimic other sand dwelling creatures Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that

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ITALY, Rome, Lazio, The Fountain of Neptune or Fontana del Nettuno in the Piazza Navona with the central figure of the sea god Neptune fighting an octopus

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ITALY. Rome. Lazio. The central figure of the sea god Neptune fighting an octopus on the Fontana di Nettuno or Neptune Fountain in the Piazza Navona

Southern Keeled Octopus - using its suckers to keep the sand from collapsing in on itself Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula
AUS-1784 Southern Keeled Octopus - using its suckers to keep the sand from collapsing in on itself Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula

Japan, Honshu Island, Tokyo, Tsukiji Fish Market. Octopus for sale

Aloe Plant with Octopus tentacles
Aloe plant and pink octopus tentacles in clay pot on blue background

Fantastic Adventures - The Octopus of Space
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, October 1949, featuring the story The Octopus of Space by Alexander Blade. A man watches another man in a wet suite fighting a huge octopus out of the round window of a

Roman oil lamps. Terracotte. Octopus decoration. From Catalonia. Episcopal Museum of Vic. Spain

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Mycenaean art. Crete. Vase with zoomorphic decoration based on three large octopus. Found in the tomb 2 at Mycenaean cemetery of Prosymna Argive. Dated in the 15th century BCE

Two Types of Octopodes
(above) histioteuthis bonelliana (below) octopus vulgaris Date: circa 1840

Ww1 / 1917 / German Gallant
THE WORLD LIBERATOR Gallant Germany, single handed, fights to rid the world of the hideous British Imperial octopus Date: April 1917

Eledone cirrhosa, Curled Octopus
Illustration from the Thomas Hardwicke Collection, marked Sepia octopodia

Tremoctopus velifer, octopus
A glass model of an octopus, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Philonexia catenulatus, octopus
A glass model of an octopus, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

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"The Enigmatic Octopus: From Ancient Mosaics to Modern Imagery" Discover the fascinating world of the octopus, as depicted throughout history in various forms of art and literature. The Fish Mosaic from Pompeii showcases the intricate beauty of Roman seafood mosaics, with an octopus taking center stage among other marine creatures. Legend meets reality in depictions like the Kraken attacking a ship during a storm, where sailors' fears come alive through powerful imagery. In an American cartoon from 1882, John Bull embodies England as the octopus of imperialism, symbolizing its land-grabbing tendencies across continents. From fiction to real-life encounters, witness gripping moments such as Captain Nemo's sailor being seized by a giant cuttlefish in Jules Verne's "20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea. " A French poster boldly proclaims that "The Future Lies in Socialism, " using an octopus as a metaphor for societal change. In more contemporary settings, divers encounter these intelligent creatures face-to-face. Whether it is a diver interacting with an octopus or witnessing the majestic Giant Pacific Octopus along Alaska's coastlines down to California. Even beyond artistic representations and underwater encounters lies cultural significance. Witness drying octopuses hanging in Mandrakia on Milos Island in Greece – capturing both tradition and culinary delights found within Aegean waters. The enigma surrounding this creature continues to captivate our imagination. With its ability to adapt and survive amidst diverse environments worldwide, the octopus remains one of nature's most intriguing marvels - reminding us that there is always more than meets the eye beneath our oceans' depths.