The algea one is pretty cool, too. I onceread somewhere that if you have a tank with an octopus in it and a tank with a fish in it on the same table in your lab, the octopus will wait until you are gone, then climb out of its tank, slink over to the other tank, climb in and eat the fish, then climb out and over to its own tank again. Some giant octopus facts: A giant octopus can live out of water for some time as long as it stays cool and damp. It may leave the water to search for food on land. To snatch quick snacks, octopuses have been known to climb aboard fishing boats and open fish holds full of crabs or to break out of aquariums to prow around rooms for tasty inhabitants in other tanks. They generally have up to one-half hour out of water before they die from lack of oxygen. Octopus blood is a poor carrier of oxygen. To compensate, these animals have three hearts and permanently high blood pressure. As a result of these physiological inefficiencies, the octopus has poor stamina and an inability to struggle offensively or defensively for very long. By day giant octopuses retreat to dens under rocks or in holes. At the entrance, one typically observes an “octopus’s garden” composed of a collection of bones, spines, and shells from past meals. An octopus can squeeze through an opening no bigger than one of its eyes. An octopus’s brain continues to grow throughout the life of the animal and consists of over 170 million nerve cells, three-quarters of which are involved in vision.
Holy Darwin, Batman! That is amazing!!! It's like, evolution in action. Buy your Welcome Squid Overlords t-shirts now before they figure out how to walk on land ...
Maybe I should think twice before cooking and eating those pieces of squid I bought this morning. Do you think they'll be vindictive when they march up ?
The algea one is pretty cool, too. I once read somewhere that if you have a tank with an octopus in it and a tank with a fish in it on the same table in your lab, the octopus will wait until you are gone, then climb out of its tank, slink over to the other tank, climb in and eat the fish, then climb out and over to its own tank again.
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A giant octopus can live out of water for some time as long as it stays cool and damp. It may leave the water to search for food on land. To snatch quick snacks, octopuses have been known to climb aboard fishing boats and open fish holds full of crabs or to break out of aquariums to prow around rooms for tasty inhabitants in other tanks. They generally have up to one-half hour out of water before they die from lack of oxygen.
Octopus blood is a poor carrier of oxygen. To compensate, these animals have three hearts and permanently high blood pressure. As a result of these physiological inefficiencies, the octopus has poor stamina and an inability to struggle offensively or defensively for very long.
By day giant octopuses retreat to dens under rocks or in holes. At the entrance, one typically observes an “octopus’s garden” composed of a collection of bones, spines, and shells from past meals.
An octopus can squeeze through an opening no bigger than one of its eyes.
An octopus’s brain continues to grow throughout the life of the animal and consists of over 170 million nerve cells, three-quarters of which are involved in vision.
Holy Darwin, Batman! That is amazing!!! It's like, evolution in action. Buy your Welcome Squid Overlords t-shirts now before they figure out how to walk on land ...
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should think twice before cooking and eating those pieces of squid I bought this morning. Do you think they'll be vindictive when they march up ?
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