Comments on: This Just In: Coctopus

By: jpatt

jpatt — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:50:45 +0000

These octopuses are too smart. I don’t trust them. Soon they’re going to be stealing our kids’ jobs.

By: lill

lill — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:28:18 +0000

Godoctopus!

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:14:05 +0000

Too many comments to read all, so hope this isn’t redundant. Wouldn’t a great name for these be Octonuts? Because they sure are unusual. I loved seeing this — thanks.

By: Sirena

Sirena — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:41:36 +0000

Octopuses are so smart! If you enjoyed this, read about the Mimic Octopus that changes shape to look like other creatures of the sea.

By: SushiGirl

SushiGirl — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:27:29 +0000

LMAO @ Margie 12.15.09 at 11:25 pm

By: panda

panda — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:20:21 +0000

I was pleasantly surprised to find this on here! I have actually owned a few octos, and they have been my all time favorite pet ever since. The Bimac (species) octo I had was a very personable guy, having water shooting fights with me, lounging in his duplo lego castle, and even coming up for a pat on the head if you splashed the top of the water. It was really awesome to have him and feel the weird sensation of octo arms on you. the suction cups are oddly dry feeling, and you can really feel the strong muscles they have. He had a real talent for disappearing in his tank with camoflauge, with me often being the only one who could find him. Also, the using tools for protection isn’t that new, mine had a whole collection of shells that he’d surround himself with when he slept. The other two I had were a different species and nocturnal, not nearly as interesting. I loved my Schlemm though, he was quite the entertainer. Oh! He also watched television, and would get visibly excited when Dr. Phil or Family Guy came on, not sure why…

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:44:56 +0000

At first, during the tippytoeing, I was hypothesizin’, ‘yeah, okay, this is intelligent.’ Like in Apocalypse Now in the helicopter where they sit on their helmets so their, um, privates (pun!) don’t get shot off. ‘But why such fear of the sandy ocean floor?’ I guessed that this must be a very particular octo that had a bad encounter with a stingray. But then hey, why not just swim higher up, out of stingray range (they only sting when trod on), w/o dragging a coconut shell around and decreasing his speed and maneuverability by like 99.8%? (A hemispheric shell is very high-drag, like a parachute!) But THEN, the hiding inside the PAIR of shells made it all clear. He was carrying TWO shell HALVES, and the shells are not PROTECTING him during tippytoeing. It’s just that the “tippytoeing” grip and walk technique is the ONLY way he can TAKE the shells WITH him anywhere.

Now I want to know, does he sometimes set the shells down and stray a little ways to hunt, and then return to the shells to sleep?

Of course we know where he GETS the shells – in ‘is Octopus’s (coconut) Garden, in the shade.

[EPIC COMMENT IS EPIC - Ed.]

By: thereprobate

thereprobate — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:40:23 +0000

Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn!

By: Alison

Alison — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:23:48 +0000

WE’RE ALL DOOMED! IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE OCTOPUSARMIES COME FOR US!!!
woah, sorry about that. Don’t know what came over me…

[Tentacles, perhaps? - Ed.]

By: amyla

amyla — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:55:36 +0000

Once again proving why octopi are my favorite animals !