Jul 27, 2023
“The Octopus Case”
Photo: Samuel Sloss
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“The Octopus Case”
Photo: Samuel Sloss
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Photograph: Samuel Sloss/Wildlife photographer of the year
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The octopus case, by Samuel Sloss, Italy/USA, 15-17 age category. A coconut octopus peeks out from its clamshell shelter. Samuel was muck diving in Indonesia when he noticed this octopus. He lowered the power of his strobe lamp so as not to distress it. The octopus shut the lid of the shell when Samuel approached but then slowly reopened it, revealing colours and coils
[Scott Horton]
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“There are four good things worth practicing. Being kind toward everything alive. Staying level and steady. Feeling happy for any creature anywhere that is happy. And remembering that any suffering is also yours.”
― Richard Powers, Bewilderment
An Amphioctopus marginatus using a clamshell for shelter. (The octopus case, by Samuel Sloss, 2022)