Day octopus (octopus cyanea)

The day octopus is also called as reef octopus, cyane’s octopus the big blue octopus. As the name indicates it hunts during the day. It has the ability to change the overall color and texture of the skin. Since it has the ability to change the color it can easily blend and so it looks like a natural rock.

The day octopus is little larger than the normal one and has the body length of about 16 cm and legs of about 80 cm. This huge size does not prevent them for becoming invisible to the predators.

In normal condition the octopus appears in brown color with dark oval patches. These oval patches resembles like the eye of the octopus.
These day octopus feeds on fishes, crabs, bivalves, and shrimps. This octopus can be easily identified by the empty shell and remains of the prey that has been littered in the ocean floor.

The day octopuses are found in the indo pacific region where there are coral reefs. The day octopuses are not poisonous.