@mbari_news: Gracefully drifting in all of its glittery glory—Japetella diaphana. 🐙✨ ⁠ This midwater octopus is one of the few octopuses that has adapted to life in open water, far from the safety of rocks and reefs. Drifting with the currents, this octopus conserves energy with a slow metabolism. With a nearly transparent body and the ability to shift to a deep orange in the blink of an eye, Japetella uses camouflage to outsmart predators in the dark.⁠ ⁠ But Japetella faces new threats like climate change and pollution. MBARI’s cutting-edge technology is helping uncover the hidden lives of deep-sea animals like Japetella and learning how they may survive in a changing ocean.

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Kofie :

So graceful 🤌🏾

Iffycomment 🇨🇦 :

Whoa. Such a different form of life from our own.

MystSilver :

ethereal

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Same.

yousof N :

cool

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So cool! 😍

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MAFAZA :

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hernandezdavid8184 :

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phronima_stan :

2nd lowest metabolism of all cephalopods, only vampyroteuthis is slower!

xaocKayJaycoax :

I thought it was a picture at first