They are not however, the monsters of the deep that movies have portrayed them as. Simply because they are never big enough to carry off an entire submarine.
All of the Octopus that I have seen are about the size of a plastic grocery bag. And seem to have about as much substance as that bag full of water when they ooze about the reef.
As you can see from this picture they are very adept at changing their coloring and their shape to match the area around them.
I am sure that I have swum over them hundreds if not thousands of time without even know they are there.
Octopus are nocturnal hunters, so during the day you will most often find them curled up in their hidey hole, as you see here.
One of the telltale signs for octopus is a littering of shells. They like to carry home the shellfish they find and then sit in the entrance of their den, cracking the shells and eating the goodies inside.
They are pretty territorial. So, if you find a den and don't make too much of a nuisance of yourself, it is possible to go back the same spot day after day.... for another encounter.
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