Octopus Octi Performs Bottle Tricks
Welcome back!
Octi the octopus can open bottles for scrumptious crab treats with her tentacles in less than 2 1/2 minutes. She mischievously floats to the top of the tank and squirts water at her handler, and plays with her keeper’s hand. She’s friendly and likes to frolic with the scuba divers.
Octopuses are known to be highly intelligent invertebrates. Teaching Octi a trick wasn’t difficult — they can perform advanced stunts including geometric problem solving, learning through trial and error.
Octi was found by a family in a rock pool, and brought to the National Aquarium in New Zealand.
Hey, you wouldn’t have to pay me to work — even I will do tricks for crab treats!
Here’s living proof that Octi is nobody’s sucker:
Octi opens bottles
Octopus verses Shark — Who is Top Predator?
This giant octopus was brought to Sea Age Aquarium in Seatle. When it was moved to a larger tank, there was concern for its safety, but they felt its strength and camouflage would protect it. Little did they know …
Handlers were finding shark carcasses on the bottom of the tank — they kept vanishing weekly.
Giant Octopus
They pump blue blood and have 3 hearts.
Octopuses have special color cells to control pigment for camouflage, changing color in an instant. Their primary sense is touch.
Due to their soft skin, most of their time is spent under cover in dens and caves. But this does have its advantages — a large octopus can squeeze its entire body into a bottle, and can fit through holes the size of a quarter.
Hmmm, imagine what *we* could accomplish being so fortunate as to have 3 hearts.
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I was just surfing on net and I accidently came here. Now I think I was lucky, that shark/octopus video was awesome!
Glad you liked it and found your way here
Fascinating! I had never heard much about octupi, just a cartoon character mostly, but they seem to be a species worth learning more about.
Hey Jan,
It was an education for me too! They’re actually quite fascinating.
I had no idea how intelligent an octopus could be, let alone that they’re friendly with people. Movies often depict them as scary beasts.
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