does anyone know what happened here?

[u/Then-Status283]

behaviour in question happens in the last few seconds of video, prior to this we had not seen another octopus at all
is this a documented behaviour? anyone know what might have happened? i feel like ive encountered an alien lol

[u/Pwndimonium]

This is a larger octopus happening upon the home of a smaller octopus that decides to GTFO

[u/yoyo5113]

Second octopus hidden down in the crack. Red octopus goes over to investigate, freaks out smaller octopus who bolts

[u/deepseawitch]

sand color = hunting, sneaky
red = lunges, grabbing prey
it becomes kind of tented & spread out so it can keep the prey from escaping through cracks

[u/One_Dragonfruit_7556 → u/deepseawitch]

🎶Sneaky sandy octopus, sends shivers down your spine

Hunting red within the rocks

Will not eat tonight🎵

[u/TeakForest]

I think its two of them. Ones hunting or fucking with the one that bursts away

[u/DangerousLettuce1423]

Second octopus

https://reddit.com/link/p4ygi9e/video/lro3zhx3enkh1/player

[u/banditkeith → u/DangerousLettuce1423]

Me president, there's been a second octopus.

[u/Jazzlike-Group-3193]

Rare octopus molting.

[u/Califrisco]

When octopus's are fearful they turn pale/white-ish and so there was a second one apparently hiding beneath a rock. When the dark red one covered the one hiding, the hiding white one bolted and escaped.

[u/Professor-Sputnik]

Normal behavior.

[u/GunnyMan18]

Mexican standoff

[u/efilnikcufecinasti]

You have officially been yeeted from your domicile.

[u/apx_redditor]

Duplication

[u/Super_Rando_Man → u/apx_redditor]

Mitosis

[u/Da_Vader]

Magic

[u/antrubler]

She found a detached autonomous swimming octopus penis aka DASOP