Jack's Umbabaque the Functopus Geocoin

To visit aquariums around to World!!  

Please post pictures of my visits, especially with any of my relatives!!

I released my Umbabaque the Functopus GC as part of our annual Family Vacation activity, although COVID kept us from physically getting together, we still had to release our annual Trackables!!   In addition to mine, Geo-Aunt's Aimee's Nature Heart CITO Leaf Nano, Geo-Uncle's Andy's Rocket the Cat TB, Geo-Grammie's Cathy's Betty the Parrot TB, Geo-PopPop's Dave's I Like Travel Bugs GC, Geo-Sister's Gabby's Let's Get Extreme TB, Geo-Dad's Gary's Pirate Map Building Brick TB, Geo-Mom's Ginee's Lots of Java TB, Geo-Cousin's Sam's Brewsky the Beer TB, and Geo-Sister's Sophie's Road Trip Crew TB, were also released!!

A functopus is a fun version of an octopus, and Jack loves to have fun, so this is a perfect fit!!

This Geocoin was started on its journey for Jack near Prescott, Arizona, by his Grandparents, Dave (azdave1) and Cathy (geogrammiel) Lewis.

It is a heavy metal Geocoin, purple in color, and about 3" x 3" in size.

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12/16/25 - RE-RELEASED AS PROXY #2 AFTER PROXY #1 DISAPPEARED FROM A CACHE WHERE IT HAD BEEN PLACED OVER 9 MONTHS AGO!! PROXY #1 HAD TRAVELED OVER 9,384 MILES WHEN IT DISAPPEARED IN HOME, WASHINGTON!!

1/10/21 - RE-RELEASED AS A PROXY AFTER THE ORIGINAL TRACKABLE DISAPPEARED WITH A MUGGLED CACHE CONTAINER WHERE IT HAD BEEN PLACED ONLY ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO!!  THE ORIGINAL HAD ONLY TRAVELED 500 MILES BEFORE IT WENT MISSING IN TUCSON, ARIZONA!!

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THE OCTOPUS

The octopus (plural octopuses) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (/ɒkˈtɒpədə/, ok-TO-pə-də). Around 300 species are recognised, and the order is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids. Like other cephalopods, the octopus is bilaterally symmetric with two eyes and a beak, with its mouth at the center point of the eight limbs ("tentacle" is used as an umbrella term for cephalopod limbs; however, within a teuthological context, "arm" is used to refer to such limbs while "tentacle" is reserved for feeding appendages not found on octopuses). The soft body can rapidly alter its shape, enabling octopuses to squeeze through small gaps. They trail their eight appendages behind them as they swim. The siphon is used both for respiration and for locomotion, by expelling a jet of water. Octopuses have a complex nervous system and excellent sight, and are among the most intelligent and behaviourally diverse of all invertebrates.

Octopuses inhabit various regions of the ocean, including coral reefs, pelagic waters, and the seabed; some live in the intertidal zone and others at abyssal depths. Most species grow quickly, mature early, and are short-lived. In most species, the male uses a specially adapted arm to deliver a bundle of sperm directly into the female's mantle cavity, after which he becomes senescent and dies, while the female deposits fertilised eggs in a den and cares for them until they hatch, after which she also dies. Strategies to defend themselves against predators include the expulsion of ink, the use of camouflage and threat displays, the ability to jet quickly through the water and hide, and even deceit. All octopuses are venomous, but only the blue-ringed octopuses are known to be deadly to humans.

Octopuses appear in mythology as sea monsters like the Kraken of Norway and the Akkorokamui of the Ainu, and probably the Gorgon of ancient Greece. A battle with an octopus appears in Victor Hugo's book Toilers of the Sea, inspiring other works such as Ian Fleming's Octopussy. Octopuses appear in Japanese erotic art, shunga. They are eaten and considered a delicacy by humans in many parts of the world, especially the Mediterranean and the Asian seas.