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Octopus Using coconuts!
Its not the zombie apocalypse we have to worry about, its the octopus overlords!
"Bizarre" Octopuses Carry Coconuts as Instant Shelters
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12-15-2009, 10:34 AM | #2 |
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I've read about octopi over the last year and what they are capable of in terms of play, intelligence, etc. They have officially been removed from the animals I will eat list.
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12-15-2009, 06:29 PM | #3 |
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Octopi weren't on my eat list when I still believed they were dumbasses. I have 5 leg/tentacle/appendage maximum.
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12-15-2009, 06:30 PM | #4 |
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How wise to have an out for cows with a mutation.
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12-15-2009, 06:31 PM | #5 |
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i ate one that was alive
it stuck to my plate and was salty thanks for the inspiration, oldboy! |
12-15-2009, 06:32 PM | #6 |
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No lobster? Crabs? Calamari?
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12-15-2009, 06:35 PM | #7 |
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I've seen video of an octopus leaving its tank, making its way across the floor and then into another tank, eat a crab, then climb back into its own tank as if it knew what it had done was wrong, and wanted to look innocent.
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12-15-2009, 06:55 PM | #8 |
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This is so great!
And for the record, I had a fried octopus down in Cancun that was positively delicious. Now I want one with coconut cream pie for dessert. |
12-15-2009, 07:37 PM | #9 |
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Groundhog, I want to see that video! I also love the story about the octopus flooding the aqaurium. Curious Octopus Floods Aquarium
Mischievious little suckers, ain't they? |
12-15-2009, 07:52 PM | #10 |
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12-15-2009, 09:06 PM | #11 |
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I'm glad you brought this thread to our attention.
Just imagine if colossal squids started using tugboats for protective shells!?! SI
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12-15-2009, 09:33 PM | #12 |
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The only seafood I'm willing to eat has to be battered, rectangular, deep fried and served with a side of tater tots. I know, I know, people have spent my whole life telling me that I'm missing out on one of the great pleasures in life with fresh seafood. It's not for lack of trying. My tongue just tries to crawl out of my mouth and throttle me every time. |
12-15-2009, 09:57 PM | #13 |
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Who lives in a coconut under the seas?
Seriously I had no idea an octous was so interesting or intelligent.....I have found myself reading more than I ever thought I would care to tonight about octopuses (octopi?) But I have to ask, where do they find coconuts on the ocean floor. Last edited by CU Tiger : 12-15-2009 at 10:01 PM. |
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12-15-2009, 11:06 PM | #15 |
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This is so awesome, thanks for sharing.
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12-15-2009, 11:23 PM | #16 |
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Didn't realise that octopus have such a short lifespan. Mating effectively kills them. With that level of intelligence it's probably a good thing that they don't live for 70 years...
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12-16-2009, 04:11 AM | #17 | |
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12-16-2009, 09:22 AM | #18 |
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And to think the Octomom used a borrowed nut, yet we called her stupid.
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12-16-2009, 02:36 PM | #19 | |
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12-16-2009, 03:02 PM | #20 |
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One of these things is not like the others One of these things just doesn't belong I don't eat squishy. Of course, for me the real answer is crabs is an exception in the shellfish world. I'll eath fish, and I'll eat crab, but I won't touch pretty much everything else (including lobster, but that's just because I didn't like the taste, not because it makes me sick just thinking about putting it anywhere near my mouth). Back to the topic, I want more octopus videos.
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12-17-2009, 09:56 AM | #21 |
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I need new reading glasses..I was positive it said Octopus Using Condoms
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12-17-2009, 02:08 PM | #22 |
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12-17-2009, 04:29 PM | #23 |
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I still think it's cool how he put the lime in the coconut & drank them both up.
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12-17-2009, 04:32 PM | #24 |
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The awesome thing about the video is that the Octopus doesn't even eat the shark, he just kills it to eliminate it as a threat.
Ya, if these things lived 100 years and could acquire that much more knowledge, etc, they'd pretty much be running things. And I for one, would welcome the change. Last edited by molson : 12-17-2009 at 04:32 PM. |
12-17-2009, 06:02 PM | #25 |
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am I really the only one wondering how the coconut halves got on the ocean floor???
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12-17-2009, 06:49 PM | #26 |
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Thanks sabotai!
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12-17-2009, 09:01 PM | #27 |
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12-17-2009, 09:02 PM | #28 |
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I need to get that CU Tiger guy off my ignore list or something
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