Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Pulpo común (Octopus vulgaris), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 46.jpg

File:Pulpo común (Octopus vulgaris), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 46.jpg, featured

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• Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals#Class_:_Cephalopoda
•  Info Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal. This mollusc is the most studied of all octopus species. It is cosmopolitan, that is, a global species, which ranges from the eastern Atlantic, extends from the Mediterranean Sea and the southern coast of England, to the southern coast of South Africa. The common octopus hunts at dusk. Crabs, crayfish, and bivalve molluscs (two-shelled, such as cockles) are preferred, although the octopus eats almost anything it can catch. It is able to change color to blend in with its surroundings, and is able to jump upon any unwary prey that strays across its path. Using its beak, it is able to break into the shells of shelled molluscs. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 22:46, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 22:46, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Excellent Cmao20 (talk) 08:19, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 09:26, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose Your exisitng FP is much better. If this was a on-land image, we would be saying 'distracting background'. I think the same applies here. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:35, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose per Charles. --Ivar (talk) 10:54, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Excellent image. I don't find the background distracting ("It is able to change color to blend in with its surroundings") Lupe (talk) 20:15, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
• Good image but  Oppose per Charles. --GRDN711 (talk) 04:03, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support per Lupe. --SHB2000 (talk) 04:49, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --IamMM (talk) 10:29, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose per Charles. -- Karelj (talk) 10:47, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support per Lupe. --Aristeas (talk) 13:37, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --XRay 💬 13:47, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose per Charles. Should be a QI, though. Daniel Case (talk) 18:29, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:27, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support There would be something wrong if an octopus is well visible against the background --Llez (talk) 15:54, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 18:50, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support I like this for the very reason that the camo is shown in use. --Ximonic (talk) 16:54, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose 22:23, 8 February 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by JukoFF (talk • contribs)

• @JukoFF: I can help adding your missing signature but it's you who must provide a reason for your oppose vote. Btw, don't be too honest and reveal that this is the true reason, that isn't a popular practice here. Poco a poco (talk) 23:00, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
  • I would ask you to keep your guesses to yourself, especially as they are not correct :) Obviously, seeing the octopus in your picture is many times harder than seeing the sun in some of Claude Monet's paintings. JukoFF (talk) 07:12, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

• That may have something to do with the survival instinct of this species, Llez nailed it in this comment above Poco a poco (talk) 07:27, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

• You convinced me:) JukoFF (talk) 21:07, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

•  Support as per Llez. -- Radomianin (talk) 14:02, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 13 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Ivar (talk) 12:35, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals#Class_:_Cephalopoda