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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
The great escape

A common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) trying to escaping back to the sea after been trapped in a bottom trawling net on board of a fishing vessel in the Mediterranean sea. Just after the shoot he accomplish it!

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 12.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Adriatic Sea, Italy
Camera: NIKON D800
Copyright: © Jacopo Gennari Feslikenian