Fried squid on sticks and octupus tentacles in street market in Muslim quarter, Xian, Shaanxi, China, Asia

Pacific octupus. Ecuador

Pacific octupus. Ecuador

Children beating an octopus with sticks in order to make it edible, Jambiani, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa

Children beating an octopus with sticks in order to make it edible, Jambiani, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa

Children beating an octopus with sticks to make it edible, Jambiani, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa

Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), eye and acetabula (suction appendages)

Fishermen reload octupus in boxes, Peniscola, Costa Azahar, Spanien, Europa

Octopus, Naxos, Cyclades, Greece

Drying octopuses, Mykonos, Cyclades, Greece

Octupus, Isola Del Giglio, Toscana, Tuscany, Italy

Diver viewing a female Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) pushing an egg into the finger coral where it will hatch in four to six weeks, Philippines