The North Pacific Giant Octopus is the world's largest species of octopus and is only found in, you guessed it, the North Pacific. The Seattle aquarium had one on display, Olive Oyl. We saw her in the morning moving around for a minute before she settled into to the corner to sleep for the rest of the day (they are nocturnal). Later, we came back for Olive Oyl to wake up and get fed.
They fed her some squid, but her favorite food is clams. She enjoyed playing with the employee who fed her, and tried to pull her down into the tank by grabbing onto the long stick used and not letting go. The worker had to keep spinning the stick or Olive Oyl would have taken her down--really strong! They have an arm span of 14-30 feet, and can fit though a hole the size of their beak. Olive Oyl gets to go back into the wild this year to lay her 100,000 eggs--on average only two of them will survive to adulthood. Oh, and they also change color according to their mood. The top pictures must be "sleepy" and the bottoms "hungry"?
The North Pacific Giant Octopus is the world's largest species of octopus and is only found in, you guessed it, the North Pacific. The Seattle aquarium had one on display, Olive Oyl. We saw her in the morning moving around for a minute before she settled into to the corner to sleep for the rest of the day (they are nocturnal). Later, we came back for Olive Oyl to wake up and get fed. 
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