Release the kraken! 🐙 A giant Pacific octopus is making its way through the Yaquina Head tidepools in Oregon. This incredible creature is a master of disguise and can adapt to its environment by changing its skin color and texture, as seen near this video's end.

Do you think octopuses know they're shaped like an octopus? Do you think they feel weird being an octopus? Do you think they just accept their shape and don't give it moments thought? Or do they feel they've been handed a weird card in life but are go-getters anyway?

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@AllysonOtten Octopi are fantastic animals and highly intelligent. While their English is rough, if you handed it a keyboard, it would surely say something sarcastic.

I need something for scale or I’m gonna lose my mind

That’s a Red Octopus aka Octopus rubescens. Reds frequently can be found in tide pools.

@WillardCarey1 My sister and I loved the tide pools in Washington. She loved Point Defiance.

@Martypaul10 @Fritzy500 😳

Any particular reason it surfaces above water for a few seconds?

Please do more to protect the natural world around America