It’s World Octopus Day! ❤️❤️❤️

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Behold, a common octopus for the people—the same species teaching classes on Netflix these days. 

Octopus vulgaris—meaning “common octopus,” not due to a cephalopoddy mouth—is found throughout the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Their lairs can be spotted by piles of leftover shells scattered about the entrance—the famed octopus’s garden! Octo-ber 8th kicks off Cephalopod Awareness Days, a time to sea-lebrate these marvelous face-footed mollusks. Let’s cephaloparty!