Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus Research Paper

The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, an almost anomaly of animals in general. This creature is found “in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast” (Zapato). They can reach the size of around 30 centimeters. The tree octopus is amphibious and have adapted so they can stay on land, even though they much prefer the water. Many do not realize that this animal mainly relies on touch and sight. This animal is evolved with its eight tentacles and the suction cups on them, allowing them to easily stick to trees and such. With similar eyesight to humans, letting them use this sense to see predators, prey, and the other tree octopuses emotions. These tree octopuses turn red when angry, white when scared, but they tend to stay …show more content…
Sometimes wrapping an object that catches its fancy to get to know it a little better. When the reproduction season comes around these tree octopi head back to their roots, the water of the Puget Sound. The females will find a mate after migrating back to the shore. This is the only time they act somewhat social, in spring during mating season. The female will guard the eggs until they hatch more often than not starving herself to death protecting them by not leaving to get food. The younglings float around for around a month before leaving for the forest to start the cycle all over again. These alluring creatures have been found an oddity among what humans think of when thinking of an octopuses. The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus has become highly evolved as it has become good at surviving in this odd climate. They have survived natural changes and are still trying to survive human changes. The tree octopus will forever and always be kind of a mystery and an animal of enchantment, with the mysteries hidden in places beyond the genetics, even though it is becoming more endangered than ever as we can see considering that its cousin the Douglas octopus and red-ringer Madrona sucker have gone extinct