{"id":3042,"date":"2016-08-25T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T06:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2016-08-25T06:00:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T06:00:48","slug":"photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Corner\/Blue-ringed octopus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/aug16d7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3043\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/aug16d7-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"aug16d7\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look at these amazing photos that <strong>Sue Goodman<\/strong> got of a Blue-ringed octopus in Manila Channel recently. \u00a0Did you know that the mating ritual for the blue-ringed octopus begins when a male approaches a female and begins to caress her with his modified arm, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hectocotylus\">hectocotylus<\/a>. A male mates with a female by grabbing her, which sometimes completely obscures the female&#8217;s vision, then transferring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sperm\">sperm<\/a>\u00a0packets by inserting his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hectocotylus\">hectocotylus<\/a>\u00a0into her mantle cavity repeatedly. Mating continues until the female has had enough, and in at least one species the female has to remove the over-enthusiastic male by force. Males will attempt copulation with members of their own species regardless of sex or size, but interactions between males are most often shorter in duration and end with the mounting octopus withdrawing the hectocotylus without packet insertion or struggle. Blue-ringed octopus females lay only one clutch of about 50 eggs in their lifetimes towards the end of autumn. Eggs are laid then incubated underneath the female&#8217;s arms for about six months, and during this process she does not eat. After the eggs hatch, the female dies, and the new offspring will reach maturity and be able to mate by the next year. To read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue-ringed_octopus\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue-ringed_octopus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look at these amazing photos that Sue Goodman got of a Blue-ringed octopus in Manila Channel recently. \u00a0Did you know that the mating ritual for the blue-ringed octopus begins when&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-diving"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Photo Corner\/Blue-ringed octopus - CN-Traditional<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Photo Corner\/Blue-ringed octopus - CN-Traditional\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Look at these amazing photos that Sue Goodman got of a Blue-ringed octopus in Manila Channel recently. \u00a0Did you know that the mating ritual for the blue-ringed octopus begins when...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CN-Traditional\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-25T06:00:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/aug16d7-300x111.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Asia Divers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Asia Divers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Asia Divers\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/#\/schema\/person\/053718f3939e442d578f6896140290d3\"},\"headline\":\"Photo Corner\/Blue-ringed octopus\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-25T06:00:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/\"},\"wordCount\":214,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/aug16d7-300x111.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Diving\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/\",\"name\":\"Photo Corner\/Blue-ringed octopus - CN-Traditional\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/aug16d7-300x111.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-25T06:00:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/#\/schema\/person\/053718f3939e442d578f6896140290d3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/aug16d7-300x111.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/aug16d7-300x111.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Photo Corner\/Blue-ringed octopus\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/\",\"name\":\"CN-Traditional\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/#\/schema\/person\/053718f3939e442d578f6896140290d3\",\"name\":\"Asia Divers\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ececa37536d047279bf2e60654991766c5c2b5b3bd5819b09eaa22a66dd3eaa1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ececa37536d047279bf2e60654991766c5c2b5b3bd5819b09eaa22a66dd3eaa1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Asia Divers\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/author\/asia-divers\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Photo Corner\/Blue-ringed octopus - CN-Traditional","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Photo Corner\/Blue-ringed octopus - CN-Traditional","og_description":"Look at these amazing photos that Sue Goodman got of a Blue-ringed octopus in Manila Channel recently. \u00a0Did you know that the mating ritual for the blue-ringed octopus begins when...","og_url":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/","og_site_name":"CN-Traditional","article_published_time":"2016-08-25T06:00:48+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/aug16d7-300x111.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Asia Divers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Asia Divers","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/"},"author":{"name":"Asia Divers","@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/#\/schema\/person\/053718f3939e442d578f6896140290d3"},"headline":"Photo Corner\/Blue-ringed octopus","datePublished":"2016-08-25T06:00:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/"},"wordCount":214,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/aug16d7-300x111.jpg","articleSection":["Diving"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/","url":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/","name":"Photo Corner\/Blue-ringed octopus - CN-Traditional","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/aug16d7-300x111.jpg","datePublished":"2016-08-25T06:00:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/#\/schema\/person\/053718f3939e442d578f6896140290d3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/aug16d7-300x111.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/aug16d7-300x111.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/photo-cornerblue-ringed-octopus\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Photo Corner\/Blue-ringed octopus"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/","name":"CN-Traditional","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/#\/schema\/person\/053718f3939e442d578f6896140290d3","name":"Asia Divers","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ececa37536d047279bf2e60654991766c5c2b5b3bd5819b09eaa22a66dd3eaa1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ececa37536d047279bf2e60654991766c5c2b5b3bd5819b09eaa22a66dd3eaa1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Asia Divers"},"url":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/author\/asia-divers\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}