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Visitors share encounters with the world’s perfect predator

Marine biologist <strong>Jacinta Shackleton</strong> was snorkelling on holiday when she had the sighting of a lifetime, a rare and beautiful blanket octopus

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A marine biologist shared the waters of the Great Barrier Reef with a blanket octopus and captured some amazing footage of the rarely seen animal.

The Blanket Octopus is rarely seen by humans and it’s so rare that the first-ever male specimen was spotted in 2002.

A marine biologist had a once in a lifetime encounter when she captured pictures and footage of a rare blanket octopus swimming through the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

Known for the cape-like webs enclosing its tentacles, the blanket octopus is a rarely spotted animal usually found in open ocean waters.

Known for the cape-like webs enclosing its tentacles, the blanket octopus is a rarely spotted animal usually found in open ocean waters.

Only a handful of people have spotted the dazzling blanket octopus in the wild, making it one of the rarest sights in the marine world. Last week, the Technicolor marine mollusk was spotted by reef guide and marine biologist Jacinta Shackleton off the coast of Lady Elliot Island in the Great Barrier Reef. “When I first saw it, I thought it could have been a juvenile fish with long fins, but as it came closer, I realized it was a female blanket octopus, and I had this overwhelming sense of joy ...

The sparkling blanket octopus has only been seen in the wild by a few people, making it one of the most unusual marine creatures.