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Pictured above for those of you who don’t know, the keeper of Allen’s Zoo exploring one of my favorite places.
I saw something while exploring the intertidal zone today I’m not likely to see for a while again if at all. While looking at the usually seen inhabitants, (hermit crabs, starfish, sea urchins) I rounded a rock and saw what I initially thought was the largest starfish I’d ever seen. It was about two and a half feet long (.7 meters). My mind making sense of something I’d never seen in the wild. Then realized then it wasn’t a starfish. It was a Pacific Octopus. I recognized the coloration from images in books I’ve used as reference. Although I know they happen around these ocean zones I didn’t know if it was still alive. It was not in water. I reached for my camera then remembered took the batteries out yesterday as they needed to be replaced. I then thought it probably wasn’t alive and waiting for the tide like the other things in the intertidal zone. I thought it’d be sad to photograph it then.
Also……Happy Mothers Day mom and all moms.
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lol, how lovely you are!
Comment by Fiona.q May 10, 2012 @ 7:28 pmThank you Fiona!
Comment by Allen Capoferri May 10, 2012 @ 7:52 pmHi Manipal..thanks!
Comment by Allen Capoferri May 10, 2012 @ 7:53 pmWHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE ! OH MY GOSH I WAS
SURPRISED TO SEE A GREETING TO ME , I FEEL SPECIAL
I LOVE YOU—– MOM XX OO
Comment by MOM May 10, 2012 @ 9:44 pmI LOVE YOU TOO MOM.
Comment by Allen Capoferri May 10, 2012 @ 9:47 pmThank you James!
Comment by Allen Capoferri May 10, 2012 @ 9:47 pmThank you Eve, Chloe & Vidal!
Comment by Allen Capoferri May 11, 2012 @ 5:11 pmHey, it’s you!
Comment by Cafe May 12, 2012 @ 7:26 pmWow, that octopus must’ve been a sight!!
Hi Janice, It was a sight!
Comment by Allen Capoferri May 13, 2012 @ 4:23 pmAllen’s Zoo? I might have to have a look myself. Sounds like a great place. I am sorry about the dead Pacific Octopus, but I guess that is life – if I can put it that way. I love your sense of self-irony.
Comment by munchow May 12, 2012 @ 7:27 pmThanks Otto..for both. I wonder from time to time if anyone notices my irony. Guess it takes a person of some sensitivity.
Comment by Allen Capoferri May 13, 2012 @ 4:22 pmwonderful pic…greetings from India!
Comment by Personal Concerns May 14, 2012 @ 7:22 amThank you Personal Concerns. The same back to you from America!
Comment by Allen Capoferri May 14, 2012 @ 3:16 pm