All About Explorers. Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. Help Save The ENDANGERED From EXTINCTION! The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus Rare photo of the elusive tree octopus The Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis) can be found in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast of North America. Their habitat lies on the Eastern side of the Olympic mountain range, adjacent to Hood Canal. These solitary cephalopods reach an average size (measured from arm-tip to mantle-tip,) of 30-33 cm.
Unlike most other cephalopods, tree octopuses are amphibious, spending only their early life and the period of their mating season in their ancestral aquatic environment. An intelligent and inquisitive being (it has the largest brain-to-body ratio for any mollusk), the tree octopus explores its arboreal world by both touch and sight. Map of estimated tree octopus maximum range, including spawning waters Tree octopuses have eyesight comparable to humans. Why It's Endangered Tree Octopus hat from 1923(Click to enlarge.) Fake internet resources - 180 Technology Tips #124. Bogus or Not? Drop Bear. The Drop Bear, Thylarctos plummetus, is a large, arboreal, predatory marsupial related to the Koala. © Australian Museum Standard Common Name Drop Bear Identification Around the size of a leopard or very large dog with coarse orange fur with some darker mottled patterning (as seen in most Koalas).
Size range 120kg, 130cm long, 90 cm at the shoulder. Distribution Drop Bears can be found in the densely forested regions of the Great Dividing Range in South-eastern Australia. Habitat Closed canopy forest as well as open woodland on the margins of dense forest. Habitat type Vegetation Habitat: closed forest, tall closed forest, tall open forest, tall open shrubland What does this mean?
Feeding and Diet Examination of kill sites and scats suggest mainly medium to large species of mammal make a substantial proportion of the animal's diet. Drop Bears hunt by ambushing ground dwelling animals from above, waiting up to as much as four hours to make a surprise kill. Feeding Habit carnivorous Era / Period Genus: