In the cold waters of the desolate Aleutian Islands a giant Pacific octopus has tucked itself 4 LIVING WILD
into a narrow crack in the jagged rock shelf OCTOPUSES 5
6 LIVING WILD
I n the cold waters of the desolate Aleutian Islands a giant Pacific octopus has tucked itself into a narrow crack in the jagged rock shelf The islands stretch across the northern Pacific and Bering Sea like a broken bridge from Alaska to Asia Around the largest island in the chain Unalaska the water temperature is only 48 F 9 C From its hiding place the octopus watches the approach of a lobster whose movement is barely visible in the murky OCTOPUSES 7
