Females weigh 40,000 times more than males. A male blanket octopus hadn't been observed until 2002, according to the New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.

Male blanket octopuses do not have blankets and are 1.5 inches, while females grow up to 6 feet. Like all octopuses, the male blanket octopus has a special appendage on one of its eight legs that ...

The female blanket octopus can weigh 40,000 times more than males, and can use the dangerous Portuguese man-o-war's tentacles as weapons.

When a blanket octopus swims, it creates a kaleidoscope of colors twirling underwater. It’s a rainbow of beauty as it glides through the sea. It’s gorgeous, and it’s almost never seen by ...

Khan informed that blanket octopus feed on free-floating (pelagic) gastropods and small fishes, however, their occurrence in wide areas along Pakistan cannot be attributed to any specific factor. He ...

Blanket octopuses are native to the Gulf of Mexico and other locations throughout the world's oceans, officials with PINS said. Staff confirmed the species was a blanket octopus and that the ...

Recently, Jacinta Shackleton, a marine biologist stationed at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, recorded a blanket octopus (the first one was spotted 21 years ago) while snorkeling.

The blanket octopus is carnivorous, according to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, and uses jellyfish tentacles as a weapon to hunt for its prey. They are immune to the deadly sting.

Folks aboard a Florida fishing charter on Friday enjoyed a rare encounter with a blanket octopus that swam alongside their boat for several minutes. “ was very curious of the boat and the squid ...