Maldives: diving paradise (part 5)

The octopus mimics the environment to escape from predators, but also changes color depending on your mood: blue if excited, if it feel scared pale and red when angry.

During mating the male impregnates the female with the introduction one of his tentacles. When finished mating, the female will try to devour the male, because they won't eat until the offspring are born months later. Usually the female dies shortly after hatching by the efforts.

The octopus is a nocturnal animal. During the day they hide among the rocks. It is also an avid hunter. They, in turn, are the favorite prey of eels and eels.

The elasticity of the octopus is prodigious. it can enter their tentacles in smaller loopholes in search of food. The most stiffer body part is the eye. Wherever he can pass his eye, literally, you can spend your whole body.

One of the keys to the survival of the species is the adaptation to the environment. In the octopus is perfect. Mimicry, elasticity, ink jets to scare off predators ... but his most formidable adaptation is intelligence. Not only can identify colors and shapes, but also associate these colors and shapes with meanings and remember for years.

Swimming with the manta ray is a privilege for the diver. It's like swimming next to one of the giants of the ocean. The manta ray, or giant manta ray can grow more than 8-foot wingspan, and 1,400 kilos of weight.

Although the manta ray is present in the temperate waters around the world, remains a stranger to marine biologists. Until recently it wasn't known that the manta ray belong to the family of sharks.