By cmcclain on December 7, 2007. Image credit: Image: (c) 2002 MBARI / NOAA. Red octopus (Benthoctopus sp.) hunting on Davidson Seamount. Deep-water octopus often hunt snails, crabs, and other small animals on the seafloor. Tags Uncategorized More like this Playmate of the Week: Mr Potato Headtags: behavior, environmental enrichment, New species of octopus? Picky Octopuses Don't Settle For Less Than The Best HDTV Octopus carries around coconut shells as suits of armour