Campaign to save the Pacific Northwest tree octopus is gaining momentum.

The Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis) can be found in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast of North America.

Although the tree octopus is not officially listed on the Endangered Species List, we feel that it should be added since its numbers are at a critically low level for its breeding needs. The reasons for this dire situation include: decimation of habitat by logging and suburban encroachment; building of roads that cut off access to the water which it needs for spawning; predation by foreign species such as house cats; and booming populations of its natural predators, including the bald eagle and sasquatch. What few that make it to the Canal are further hampered in their reproduction by the growing problem of pollution from farming and residential run-off. Unless immediate action is taken to protect this species and its habitat, the Pacific Northwest tree octopus will be but a memory.

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Here are a few things that you can do to help save the Pacific Northwest tree octopus:

  • Write your representatives to let them know that you are concerned and that you feel the tree octopus should be included on the Endangered Species List and given special protection.
  • Write to celebrities asking them to speak out on behalf of the tree octopus during press junkets and award shows.
  • Help build awareness of the tree octopus by telling your friends, co-workers, or even random people on the streets.
  • Place a tentacle ribbon on your website or social media.
  • Participate in tree octopus awareness marches. You can demonstrate their plight during the march by having your friends dress up as tree octopuses while you attack them in a lumberjack costume.
  • Pamphlet your neighborhood. Tentacle ribbons make excellent doorknob hangers.
  • Boycott companies that use non-tree-octopus-safe wood harvesting practices.
  • Don’t like activism because it involves looking up from your phone?

 

  • Or.. don’t click on links on Facebook that take you dodgy websites telling you about octopuses that don’t exist! Octopuses live in the ocean, not in trees. ;-)

 

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Source: https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

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