The reef came alive as the tide rolled in. Feeding time. The sand shifted against the gentle current. Two eyes opened and quickly scanned the array of brightly colored fish swimming randomly, unaware of the impending danger. The body ruffled as it emerged, slowly crawling along the reef with arms methodically probing and searching for a hidden crab or clam.
A sleek shadow races across the surface as a shark torpedoes toward the buffet line.
The octopus disappears in a cloud of black ink. It’s arms snap and it’s body contracts as it jets away, escaping to eat another day.
(Photo credit: “Octopus vulgaris, 1896.” Selected as the Picture of the Day, Wikimedia Commons on August 12, 2012)
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