My buddy read an article about octopus intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler dumped some shrimp into an octopus’ tank. Then he went into another room and sat at his desk.
A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
The octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the lot, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its caretaker. Not only does this showcase their problem-solving capabilities, but also that it could have escaped at any time. It just broke out this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at its handler. That’s not just intelligence, that’s a human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder exactly how smart these guys can be…
OH MY GOD
I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour and we walked past the octopus tank and it was duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was like. “Well, we had a problem before because these fish were disappearing randomly at night and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus had memorised the night guards rounds and would creep out of its tank, crawl across the floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be back in its own tank with the lid shut before the guard came back.” they are super smart
I love octopuses so, so much.
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I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED.
Once I went to the aquarium where they had a baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone there to work on a few real life sketches, obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So I kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and started sketching. The octopus didn’t mind, he sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing. I don’t know how other to explain it but he started curlung his tentacles in this really graceful way then wouldn’t move for a few minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
Everyone needs to read The Soul of an Octopus.
This is all very terrifying.
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I made a friend. #octopus #tentacles
Small octopus by Hrvoje Perković
(I liked these pictures together)
Green sea turtle, Sea anemone and octopus by Nikos Stavrinidis
#DidYouKnow- Most octopus females will mate with a male and then bite his head off-But Scientists have recently discovered a species that mates beak to beak!
Ross and Roy Caldwell of the University of California (Berkeley Campus) have discovered that the larger Pacific striped octopus🐙 Share dens and meals, whereas most octopuses are loners (if not cannibals).
🐙 mate as often as daily, and females lay eggs over months; in most other species, females die after raising one brood.
🐙 And though most octopuses couple warily, at arm’s length, LPSOs mate with the beaks on their undersides pressed together, as if kissing. :)More octopus facts? Follow @octopusthingz
Video Wonder: An Octopus Trash Fight
Octopus Trash Fight is a band waiting to happen.
The battling octopi “use a sort of inverted jet propulsion” to chuck the shells, videographer Peter Godfrey-Smith explained. They gather up projectiles in their many arms, and then shoot water out of their siphons to give their throws some added oomph.
Lémur couronné _ Crowned lemur _ (Eulemur coronatus) est un primate de la famille des lémuridés.
Image gratuite sur Pixabay
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While Victor Huang was free-diving in the waters off the coast of New Zealand he encountered an octopus that took a liking to his shiny new waterproof camera. The cheeky cephalopod turned out to be a kleptopus as it immediately snatched the camera out of Huang’s hand and swam away. But that was just the beginning of their shared undersea adventure. Watch this video, shot by both human and octopus, to learn the entire story:
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Ocean Park, Hong Kong
I really need to redub this with more appropriately ominous audio…
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