California Images
Photographs from Norbert Wu Productions
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Plate 109
CAL0109. (OCT6) female octopus broods and guards eggs for six weeks; then dies; Octopus bimaculatus; Southern California
Plate 110
CAL0110. (OCT7) juvenile octopi hatch out from egg cases; Octopus bimaculoides; Southern California
Plate 111
CAL0111. (OCT10) tiny octopus lives among kelp holdfast; Octopus micropyrsus; Southern California
Plate 112
CAL0112. two-spotted octopus Octopus bimaculoides squirting ink as a defense; Southern California (MR avail)
Plate 113
CAL0113. (OCT3, SCH78) deep-sea octopus species swimming; Octopus californicus; Southern California
Plate 114
CAL0114. two-spotted octopus Octopus bimaculoides attempting to blend into surroundings by mimicking drift kelp; Southern California
Plate 115
CAL0115. (OCT4) two-spotted octopus Octopus bimaculoides attempting to blend into surroundings by mimicking drift kelp; Southern California
Plate 116
CAL0116. (OCT19) squid egg cases; Loligo opalescens; attached to kelp stipes and sand bottoms; Southern California
Plate 117
CAL0117. (OCT37, SCH119) squid orgy and egg cases; Loligo opalescens; huge schools blanket bottom with eggs; Southern California
Plate 118
CAL0118. squid mating; Loligo opalescens; female squid are raped violently by a crowd of males; Southern California
Plate 119
CAL0119. squid laying egg case; Loligo opalescens; eggs are fastened to kelp; sand bottoms; and rocks; Southern California
Plate 120
CAL0120. (OCT38) exhausted squid; Loligo opalescens; females die after mating and laying eggs; Southern California