Just For Kids: Meet RO’s Friend the Octopus 🐙

World Octopus Day is October 8!

Learn about Octopuses with Rosemary!

Take an Up-Close Look at a Giant Pacific Octopus!

Giant Pacific Octopus from the Side View.
Giant Pacific Octopuses have about 2,240 suction cups. Do you think they are all the same size?
Giant Pacific Octopus Lying Upside Down, With Arms Wide Open, near 2 Pink Sea Stars and 2 Friends.
Where are the Biggest Suckers? Where are the Smallest Suckers?
Here’s an Up-close View of Giant Pacific Octopuses Suction Cups. Did you know they can TASTE with their suckers?
A rare sight: A Giant Pacific Octopus Beak Starting to Open.
It’s unusual to see a Giant Pacific Octopus with its Beak Wide Open. Check out the muscles that surround it.
Giant Pacific Octopus Often Camouflage Themselves by Changing the Texture of Their Skin from Smooth to Bumpy to Help Them Blend into Rocky Caves.

Recess Students Meeting Octopuses

Recess Campers Observing a Giant Pacific Octopus at Hatfield.
Red Octopus, a much smaller species from the Giant Pacific Octopus.
Recess Students Go Behind the Scenes at the Oregon Coast Aquarium to Discover More About Octopuses.
Recess Students Carefully Watch a Giant Pacific Octopus at Hatfield.
Recess Students Enjoy Seeing a Giant Pacific Octopus in the Rocky Shores Gallery at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
Recess Students Meet an Aquarium Volunteer to Talk About Octopuses and the Toys Aquarists Use to Enrich Octopuses.
Recess Campers Meet an Octopus at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center Visitor Center.
Over 50 guests Gathered Around the Octopus Tank While Teacher McKenzie Taught Them All About Octopuses When She Worked at Hatfield in 2011 or 2012.