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Monday, November 26, 2007

Octopi

While Dan Pronk was lobstering just west of the Island yesterday, he discovered several octopi in his pots. I did not know that we had octopi in these waters. And I have never seen an octopus until Dan showed me. I met up with Dan at the pier in Madaket as he arrived from offshore with the octopi. Click on any picture to enlarge

Dan holding an octopus-


An octopus next to a sand dollar-


One on the dock-


Octopi on the gunwale of Dan's boat, Hannibul-


Jo Perkins was at the dock when Dan came in with the octopi. Here she is holding one-


An octopus is an interesting sea creature. I learned among other things that they have three hearts and they are very intelligent.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did it snow Sunday, the 25th (see first picture)?

Martie said...

Not sure what you mean.

Anonymous said...

look at the piling.

Martie said...

Oh, that! We thought it was snow as well. It was salt.