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The Octopus Lady

@theoctopuslady.bsky.social
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Marine biology YouTuber, talking about all the weird and bizarre creatures that live in the ocean. www.youtube.com/@OctopusLady

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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Hi! Of course that's ok! I certainly don't have a monopoly of purple octopus themed decorations.
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T'falah @tifalah.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
@theoctopuslady.bsky.social I completely forgot to share this over here on bs. Your latest video reminded me to! This was a doodle I made durring a lunch break at work after watching one of your videos earlier that day 😅
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Oh my god this is the coolest thing I've ever seen
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Whale Tales @whaletalesorg.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Our most popular (and controversial!) post from the Naming of Things blog was in celebration of #OrcaActionMonth in 2019 and here it is again: Killer Whale or Orca? buff.ly/34ajABd Meme by @emmaluck22.bsky.social‬ #WhaleTales #NamingOfThings
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
HAPPY PRIDE Y'ALL THE OCEAN IS GAY AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌟🐙🦞🦐🦈🐡🐠
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Spider 🦀 liftoff @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 84 #MarineLife
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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Juvenile fish sometimes shelter in and around jellyfish. This one's a juvenile jack of some kind. Pic from Balayan Bay, Anilao #MarineLife 🐟 #Invertebrate #Blackwater
A small fish sheltering next to a jellyfish. The jellyfish has short tentacles and is somewhat damaged with much of the bell missing. The fish is yellow with darker bars, and has a remarkably long dorsal spine projecting above it from its rear dorsal fin. Its oversized pelvic fins are also noticeable.

#Nature #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Divesky #UnderwaterPhotography #Macro
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Australian Society for Fish Biology @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
CSIRO Publishing is seeking Social Media Editor(s) for the journal Marine & Freshwater Research. The engagement is for a term of two years, with potential for renewal. 👀 Expressions of interest are now open here: www.publish.csiro.au/mf/Expressio... #scicomms #job #fish #biology
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SAHASA 🐙🪸 @sculptedreef.com · 27/05/2025
😔 I totally borked the resin layers on this piece. Super sad because the pink corals came out so pretty 🪸🪸🪸 and I love this species a lot. What should I do with this piece?? 😭 #ArtYear #Art #MixedMedia #Sculpture #Bleh #Help 🐡🦑
Pink and green corals and seaweeds made from glass beads on wire. Attached across a vintage porcelain tea set. A small octopus sculpture sits on top of the cup.
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Kelporama @kelporama.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The subtle sproing of a sea spider #Invertebrates
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
CLIFF JUMPING CRABS LETS GOOOOOO
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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Day31 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution Today John (H. sapiens) is cozying up to the echinoid Phymosoma texanum(PRI78781) #savePRI #MuseumoftheEarth 🦑⚒️ (We can keep going even if you help us!)
John Oliver in a sweater with his arms around a large echinoid fossil with no spines
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Oarfish Occasionally @oarfishingdaily.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Today's Oarfish comes from jojovilll on Instagram! This is another ensemble, with the dumbo octopus, whale shark, flying fish, sunfish, and manta ray! #underwater #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife
Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing red frills, covered in yellow spots. This one is in a beige background, accompanied by the dumbo octopus, whale shark, flying fish, sunfish, and manta ray.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
If you’re a scientist with even a little bit of experience talking about your science to the public, I’d encourage you to sign up to do one of these. I can help. 🧪🌎🦑
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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Beware the Britifh Sea-Pen
“This Sea-Pen has a round flefhy ftem […] and fingle rows of tentaculated fuckers on each fin”
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Oarfish Occasionally @oarfishingdaily.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Today's Oarfish comes from Amphisbaena on Tumblr! This is a blog from a duo of artists, erikasignini and umberto! They challenged each other to draw an animal each day for a year! #underwater #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife
Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink frills. This one is drawn slightly front facing against a light purple-ish background.
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
There are hired goons! Threats of broken legs! Smuggling rings that cross entire oceans! And MORE!
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
My newest video is up on YouTube! And has been for an entire week! I'm so bad at social media! This is part 2 of my series on geoduck clams, and it's all about how these odd looking bivalves kicked off one of the greatest crime sprees in Washington state history! youtu.be/-gmVnHL1k0M 🦑
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The Bizarrely Violent World of Clam Smuggling
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I. LOVE. THIS.
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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
silly bee, that's not a real sunflower, it's my sunflower star model 🌊🐙🦑🌿🌎
a honey bee crawling on my painted model of a sunflower sea star
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Hannes Dahm @federgeistchen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Fluffy Crab! :D #MarineLife #Crustacean #Crab #MacroPhotography
Closeup of the porcelain crab Porcellana platycheles. It has a round body with large claws and long antennae.

It's caramel brown all over and is covered in hair-like structures.
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
5 things you can do if you’re ANGRY about the latest Trump EO www.southernfriedscience.com/5-things-you...
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5 things you can do if you’re pissed off about the latest Trump EO
Donald Trump opened an area of about 250 million acres of protected American waters to industrial fishing fleets on Thursday.  This sets a very dangerous precedent that our public lands and wa…
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Thank you! I just posted it!
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Actually, can I post this on the Posts section of my channel? I'd love to hear what other members of my audience might come up with! And I'll be sure to link back to your original post, of course!
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I. ABSOLUTELY. ADORE. THIS.
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Arthur Wesley @arthurwesley.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
@theoctopuslady.bsky.social I created an “octopus lady bingo card” from some recurring themes I noticed in your videos. Thoughts?
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SAHASA 🐙🪸 @sculptedreef.com · 16/04/2025
Space vibes 🌌 with Halcyon Sculpted from clay and lovingly painted with acrylics and pigments 🎨💕 #Sculpture #Handmade #Art #ArtYear #Octopus #Invertebrates #OctopusArt #ArtOriginals #OOAK #Stars #Space 🐡🦑
Photo of an octopus sculpture painted in a black to blue gradient, with radiant meticulously hand painted stars and shimmering clouds of stardust. The octopus's long arms are flowing beneath and trailing off to the side, as if the octopus is flowing on a current.
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
SOMEONE DREW FAN ART OF ME!! (And I love those boots, I would totally rock those!)
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
AAAAAAAAHHHHHH AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Grudge Match: Seastars vs Anemones 🦑 #PNW #travel #oregoncoast #starfish #photography #seastar #hiking #beach ##smallwonders
Picture from tidepool of many green anemones bunched together on rock wall, and further up a large Constellation of starfish.
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Oarfish Occasionally @oarfishingdaily.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Today's Oarfish comes from AlienTripod on Reddit! They shared this to a subreddit all about deep sea creatures! #underwater #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife
Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink frills.
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Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Remember the shark-riding octopus? youtu.be/F9osYO9VRlg?... I made a comic about it (which is also about argonauts because they're the best; here's an article I wrote if you want to know more about the cowgirls of the sea: octonation.com/should-you-p...) 🦑🐡
A four-panel comic. First panel has art of an argonaut (octopus in a coiled shell) riding a jellyfish, and the text "THE ARGONAUT is the octopus cowgirl of the sea, riding jellies, salps, and even driftwood. AMAZING!" Second panel zooms out to show two brown octopuses in the foreground, watching the argonaut and jelly in the background. One of the octopuses is eating a crab. The nose of a shark is just poking into view at the right side of the panel. In the third panel, the jelly is drifting out of view, and more of the shark is visible. The octopus who was eating passes its food to its friend and says, "Hold my crab." In the fourth panel, the octopus is riding the shark, waving one arm and yelling "YEEHAW!" while its friend watches. The shark looks deeply unimpressed.
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Sarcastic Shark Art @sarcasticsharkart.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Here's the still photo of the Whale Shark. I really dig the way the background turned out. 🦈 #sciart #fishart #ArtYear #marinelife #nature #animal #shark #art #blueskyartists #ocean
Whale Shark illustration in marker and Prismacolor on Strathmore tan paper.
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Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA) @oceanspecies.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
🥁Drumroll, please! The 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 is… 𝘔𝘶𝘶𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴, the 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘂𝘀! 🐙 Over 4,000 fans voted and though all the creature candidates were impressive, 𝘔𝘶𝘶𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 stole the show and our hearts! The prize: complete genome sequencing. @sgn.one @sigwartae.bsky.social 🎥:@schmidtocean
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Oh, I miss taking care of cuttlefish 💜
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JA Fields | NonCompliantCyborg @noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This Trans Day of Visibility I want to talk about sand dollars 🦑🐙 #TDOV 🧵
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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Whole squad in formation #squidsquad #caribbeanreefsquid #squad #formation #cephalopod #synchronizedswimming #cephalopodsofcoralcity #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
You can also watch it over on Nebula as well, if you're a member! nebula.tv/videos/theoc...
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The Octopus Lady — Why Do These Clams Look Like...That?
Why Do These Clams Look Like...That?
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
My latest episode of Alien Ocean is up on YouTube! This time, we're talking all geoducks and why they look like...THAT. And...I don't really know what else to say! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLGI... 🦑
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Uh, Why Do These Clams Look Like...THAT?
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
SOMEONE DREW MORE FAN ART OF ME!!
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JA Fields | NonCompliantCyborg @noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Can’t believe it took me so long to try putting the kelp crab on a pink beanie… it’s so cute 😭 🦀🦑🐙🐡
Deep red kelp crab embroidered on a pink beanie
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I am totally imagining these two spilling ALL the tea on what's happening in the ocean. "Do you know Sandra the seahorse? I heard her little boyfriend is actually pregnant with some other girl's babies." "No! For real??"
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
HOLY MACKEREL THAT WAS AN OCTOPUS RIDING A SHARK
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
HELL YEAH I WANNA SEE AN OCTOPUS RIDING A SHARK.
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Me and my bff Sharkina were going to get some boba! Am I not allowed to spend time with my closest friends out in public??
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The Octopus Lady @theoctopuslady.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
SOMEONE DREW FAN ART OF ME 😍😍😍
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Tiny little opisthoteuthis blinking. Thanks @jeffday.bsky.social for the ID! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Beautiful basket star and some amphipods. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
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Bronwen Scott @snailseyeview.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Everything is better with googly eyes and that includes snails. Today’s #AtoZ is S for Strombus (Strombidae), marine snails with lens-bearing eyes, excellent vision and quite the dashing personality. (1/8) Pic: © Squidpastry CC BY-NC
Close up of a snail retracted into its shell. The aperture of the shell is glossy and warm orange-brown. Very nice but what draws all the attention is two blue eyes on stalks. 

Strombus pugilis: Florida, USA. © Squidpastry CC BY-NC https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/266414316
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Terumbu @handle.invalid · 20/03/2025
A scrawled filefish - Aluterus scriptus (night dive) #gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #trawangan #holidays #sealife #marinelife #ocean #filefish #nightdive
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