A diver in Florida was inked in the face by a giant octopus after it swam away when he tried to touch it. The footage was filmed at Delray Beach, Florida and shows a diver known as Mario.

SEATTLE, March 5 (UPI) --It's not exactly "The Gr-Eight Escape."A visitor to the Seattle Aquarium captured footage of an octopus named Ink making a slow-moving and ill-fated break for freedom.

The adaptation is ancient: Ink sacs are present in fossils of octopus ancestors that are more than 300 million years old. Photographed at Dive Gizo, Solomon Islands.

An octopus in attack mode is the ocean’s version of a ninja. In the waters of the Mediterranean, these divers encountered an octopus. As they tried to get close, the octopus wasn't having it.

In fact, an octopus' ink can even kill the octopus if it inhales the ink for the same reason. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. 5 Color Changing Chromatophores. View full post on Youtube.

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An ink that changes colour when exposed to light, like an octopus does to match its surroundings, could one day be used for automatic camouflage.

An octopus, a moment before it spewed ink and disappeared. And we humans thought we were special with our grasp of one thumb and one forefinger on only two appendages. Being boneless, an octopus ...

Note: You may substitute 1 pound squid or shelled, deveined shrimp for the octopus. Shrimp will cook in just 3 minutes. Find squid ink pasta in gourmet stores and some Italian markets. 1 pound ...

Ink. When discovered, an octopus will release a cloud of black ink to obscure its attacker's view, giving it time to swim away. The ink even contains a substance that dulls a predator's sense of ...

It's only the world's third known octopus nursery. The research team may have also discovered a new species of Muusoctopus, a genus of small to medium sized octopus that lacks an ink sack.