Description
At 323 meters (1,059 feet) deep, our team spotted saw a camouflaged individual that seemed to have the “zoomies” as it chased ROV Hercules’ green scaling lasers over the seafloor. Watching the cat-like curiosity behavior of this octopus reminds us of how intelligent cephalopods likely are, and hints at vision that is likely different for this twilight-depth living species, rather than its abyssal depth relatives.
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