World Octopus Day🐙

Category: Animals
World Octopus Day in United Kingdom in 2025
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Dates of World Octopus Day
2026 United Kingdom Thursday, October 8thWorld Octopus Day
2025 United Kingdom Wednesday, October 8thWorld Octopus Day
2024 United Kingdom Tuesday, October 8thWorld Octopus Day
2023 United Kingdom Sunday, October 8thWorld Octopus Day
2022 United Kingdom Saturday, October 8thWorld Octopus Day
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These amazing creatures deserve a day, and given the name, it was always going to be in 'Oct'ober. World Octopus Day began in 2006.

Octopuses are ocean creatures famous for having eight arms and bulbous heads. Some other fun facts: They have three hearts and blue blood; they squirt ink to deter predators; and being boneless, they can squeeze into (or out of) tight spaces. They are very intelligent and have been observed using tools.


Giant Pacific octopuses are the world’s largest species and are found from Japan to Southern California. The biggest recorded specimen had an arm span of 10 metres (33ft) and weighed 270kgs (600lbs).

As well as being the largest, the giant Pacific is among the cleverest members of the cephalopod family. They also mature incredibly quickly – going from the size of a rice grain at birth to being fully grown within the space of just two years.

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