Octopus Ultimate Camouflage

Finding an Octopus is hard enough but finding one in the murky waters of Hong Kong is even harder. Octopus' are beautiful animals and are actually very common in and around Hong Kong.

Here are some tips for finding Octopus during a dive in Hong Kong based on my personal diving experiences;

 

1 - Look for unusual debris or rubbish that appears to be neatly or securely held in place.
2 - Look for pieces of dead crab scattered in around any rocks or holes.
3 - Look for congregations or pieces of shells.
4 - Look for the suckers. Yes its hard but often times these are the only tell tale signs for spotting an Octopus.

 
Here are some photos of an Octopus we found during a dive. Note the environment and tools it uses to camouflage itself.
 

 



Note the broken bowl that it has used to hide itself in. We only stumbled on this due to spotting its eye.

 

 

Once she knew her camouflage had been compromised she overturned her hideout and started to release little tiny Octopus' that you can see in this picture.

 

In Hong Kong it is rare but the Blue Ringed Octopus does reside here. I have only managed to see one of these creatures but it was amazing seeing the blue rings flare up when we got close.

 

And another shot of this tiny Octopus;

 

 

And finally here is a recent video of a colour changing species of Octopus that I found. Enjoy!