An octopus made his "show" in the lagoon of Mayotte.

A squid diving into nuit..Ils are attracted to diving lights. It really is a beautiful animal !!!!

Cephalopods, octopus squid family are able to change their color and even the appearance of their skin.

Squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Red Octopus near Réunion island coast

An octopus tentacles moving in the lagoon of Mayotte. We can see that he has two cut.

Detail of an octopus eye.

An octopus swimming in the lagoon of Mayotte at low tide.

An octopus spitting his ink in the lagoon of Mayotte. It is a means of protection, when octopuses and other octopus feel threatened, they spit an anchor that cloud the water and blind predators. They can leak at any rate take refuge in a hole.

An octopus in the lagoon !!!

Mayotte has a beautiful lagoon, the 3 rd largest lagoon in the world behind the great Australian barrier reef and lagoon of New Caledonia. However, it has a great feature: its tidal !!!
Due to its geographical position, Mayotte has a tidal range of 4m ...... which is very rare for a tropical island.
This tidal range, at major tide uncovering causes of coral reef. It was at that moment that I was able to photograph this beautiful octopus in 40 cm of water.