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Saved by 199 people (-25 private), first by anonymouse user on 2006-07-09


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on 2008-05-12 by hsquared70

This is a great site. When I used to teach middle school computers, I used this site to illustrate to kids how to evaluate websites. I didn't tell them it was a fake until the end of class. It was one of my favorite lessons.

on 2008-08-19 by mpecic

This is a test.

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Cascadia Evening Post

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on 2008-08-19 by mpecic

This is a test again.

on 2009-05-20 by nuttyp123

test as well

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on 2008-04-16 by kschaefer

Great for digital literacy

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on 2009-12-22 by marlon1416

This is too fake, you could tell...

Tree octopus photo

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Tree octopus photo

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Tree octopus photo

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Octopus paxarbolis

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on 2008-11-20 by jeverett

Research this... what do you find out by doing a search on these words?

on 2009-10-15 by rachelsuhr

wikipedia says the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus was an internet hoax created in 1998 by Lyle Zapato; able to live both on land and in water, and was said to live in the Olympic National Forest and nearby rivers, spawning in water where eggs are laid. Its major predator was said to be the Sasquatch.... i don't know though; it's wikipedia

on 2009-10-15 by aliceosborne

latin word for in-tree living octopus

on 2009-10-15 by roxannethrapp

does this truly exist? beacue I am about 90 percent sure this is a false website. octupi are not amphibious!

on 2009-10-15 by aliceosborne

its so totally false

Olympic Peninsula

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Olympic Peninsula

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temperate rainforests

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temperate rainforests

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temperate rainforests

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mountain range, adjacent to Hood Canal. These solitary cephalopods reach an average size (measured from arm-tip to mantle-tip,) of 30-33 cm. Unlike most other cephalopods,

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Their habitat lies on the Eastern side of the Olympic mountain range, adjacent to Hood Canal. These solitary cephalopods reach an average size (measured from arm-tip to mantle-tip,) of 30-33 cm. Unlike most other cephalopods, tree octopuses are amphibious, spending only their early life and the period of their mating season

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Their habitat lies on the Eastern side of the Olympic mountain range, adjacent to Hood Canal. These solitary cephalopods reach an average size (measured from arm-tip to mantle-tip,) of 30-33 cm. Unlike most other cephalopods, tree octopuses are amphibious, spending only their early life and the period of their mating season

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habitat lies on the Eastern side of the Olympic mountain range

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range

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average size (

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reach an average size (measured from arm-tip to mantle-tip,) of 30-33 cm. Unlike most other cephalopods, tree octopuses are amphibious, spending only their early life and

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reach an average size (measured from arm-tip to mantle-tip,) of 30-33 cm.

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30-33 cm

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Unlike most other cephalopods, tree octopuses are amphibious, spending only their early life and the period of their mating season in their ancestral aquatic environment.

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Unlike most other cephalopods, tree octopuses are amphibious, spending only their early life and the period of their mating season in their ancestral aquatic environment.

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These solitary cephalopods reach an average size (measured from arm-tip to mantle-tip,) of 30-33 cm.

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octopuses are amphibious, spending only their early life and the period of t

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Because of the moistness of the rainforests and specialized skin adaptations, they are able to keep from becoming desiccated for prolonged periods of time, but given the chance they would prefer resting in pooled water.

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their ancestral aquatic environment. Bec

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An intelligent and inquisitive being (it has the largest brain-to-body ratio for any mollusk), the tree octopus explores its arboreal world by both touch and sight.

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it has the largest brain-to-body ratio for any mollusk)

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Rare photo of the elusive tree octopus

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An intelligent and inquisitive being

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coniferous Olympic rainforests

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entaculation

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n intelligent and inquisitive being (it has the largest brain-to-body ratio for any mollusk), the tree octopus explores its arboreal world by both touch and sight.

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tree octopus might grab a branch to pull herself along in a form of locomotion called tentaculation;

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eight arms, each covered in sensitive suckers,

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Tree octopuses have eyesight comparable to humans.

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Range map

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Reaching out with one of her eight arms, each covered in sensitive suckers, a tree octopus might grab a branch to pull herself along in a form of locomotion called tentaculation;

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Although they are not social animals like us, they display to one-another their emotions through their ability to change the color of their skin: red indicates anger, white fear, while they normally maintain a mottled brown tone to blend in with the background.

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they are not social animals like us

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The reproductive cycle of the tree octopus is still linked to its roots in the waters of the Puget Sound from where it is thought to have originated.

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Olympic National Forest

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Olympic National Forest

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Although they are not social animals like us, they display to one-another their emotions through their ability to change the color of their skin: red indicates anger, white fear, while they normally maintain a mottled brown tone to blend in with the background.

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Olympic National Forest

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tree octopus

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tree octopus

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tree octopus

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tree octopus

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tree octopus

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dying from her selflessness

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not officially listed on the Endangered Species List,

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not officially listed on the Endangered Species List

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sasquatch

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Cascadia Evening Post

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Other tree octopus species

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paxarbolis

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Although the tree octopus is not officially listed on the Endangered Species List

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environmental

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How You Can Help

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save the Pacific Northwest tree octopus:

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Now you can help tree octopuses get their favorite Halloween treats: candy corn and shrimp!

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octopuses

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a young Steve Irwan fan

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