{"id":1797,"date":"2013-05-06T13:02:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T11:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/?p=1797"},"modified":"2013-05-06T13:02:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T11:02:39","slug":"octopus-tattoo-design-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/octopus-tattoo-design-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Octopus Tattoo Design Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The octopus is a tentacled sea creature that has fascinated man for centuries. Stories of giant octopus beasts have been a part of maritime lore since human beings have begun exploring the oceans. Although the octopus is often fabled as being a vicious predator, the truth is that they are quite reclusive and will attack only if threatened. This shy creature is becoming a popular subject for tattoo designs because of its beautiful, curling tentacles, alienish textures and unusual colors. You can learn more about the meaning of octopus tattoos in <a href=\"http:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/tentacles-and-tattoos-octopus-tattoo-designs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tentacles and Tattoos: Octopus Tattoo Designs <\/a><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1797 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/octopus-tattoo-design-ideas\/this-mehndi-octopus-tattoo-resembles-the-art-style-commonly-used-in-henna-tattoo-designs\/'><img 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Stories of giant octopus beasts have been a part of maritime lore since human beings have begun exploring the oceans. Although the octopus is often fabled as being a vicious predator, the truth is that they are quite reclusive and will attack [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[29,37,74,75,139,163,312,316,452,453,494,561,633,638,685],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}