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The California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides), often simply called a "bimac", is an octopus species native to many parts of the Pacific Ocean including the coast of California. One can identify the species by the circular blue eyespots on each side of its head. Due to their friendly temperament and relative hardiness, most experts consider them the best pet octopus. Bimacs usually live to be about two years old. They are closely related to Verrill's two-spot...

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1. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/ken-ichi/8702808869/
2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_bimaculoides

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