Octopus Using coconuts!

Airhog · 12-15-2009, 10:28 AM

Its not the zombie apocalypse we have to worry about, its the octopus overlords!

"Bizarre" Octopuses Carry Coconuts as Instant Shelters

Honolulu_Blue · 12-15-2009, 10:34 AM

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.

Drake · 12-15-2009, 06:29 PM

Octopi weren't on my eat list when I still believed they were dumbasses. I have 5 leg/tentacle/appendage maximum.

JPhillips · 12-15-2009, 06:30 PM

How wise to have an out for cows with a mutation.

Pyser · 12-15-2009, 06:31 PM

i ate one that was alive

it stuck to my plate and was salty

thanks for the inspiration, oldboy!

Honolulu_Blue · 12-15-2009, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Drake

I have 5 leg/tentacle/appendage maximum.

No lobster? Crabs? Calamari?

Groundhog · 12-15-2009, 06:35 PM

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.

M GO BLUE!!! · 12-15-2009, 06:55 PM

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.

MrDNA · 12-15-2009, 07:37 PM

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?

QuikSand · 12-15-2009, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Drake

Octopi weren't on my eat list when I still believed they were dumbasses.

it isnt very often that i wish the qotm had been revived...

sterlingice · 12-15-2009, 09:06 PM

I'm glad you brought this thread to our attention.

Just imagine if colossal squids started using tugboats for protective shells!?!

SI

Drake · 12-15-2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

No lobster? Crabs? Calamari?

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.

CU Tiger · 12-15-2009, 09:57 PM

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.

Wolfpack · 12-15-2009, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CU Tiger

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.

The swallows apparently dropped them. It was a simple matter of weight ratios.

MikeVic · 12-15-2009, 11:06 PM

This is so awesome, thanks for sharing.

Groundhog · 12-15-2009, 11:23 PM

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...

3ric · 12-16-2009, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolfpack

The swallows apparently dropped them. It was a simple matter of weight ratios.

"Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow. That's my point. "

digamma · 12-16-2009, 09:22 AM

And to think the Octomom used a borrowed nut, yet we called her stupid.

DanGarion · 12-16-2009, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfpack

The swallows apparently dropped them. It was a simple matter of weight ratios.

Wolfpack wins the thread!

gstelmack · 12-16-2009, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

No lobster? Crabs? Calamari?

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.

Apathetic Lurker · 12-17-2009, 09:56 AM

I need new reading glasses..I was positive it said Octopus Using Condoms

sabotai · 12-17-2009, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by gstelmack

Back to the topic, I want more octopus videos.

M GO BLUE!!! · 12-17-2009, 04:29 PM

I still think it's cool how he put the lime in the coconut & drank them both up.

molson · 12-17-2009, 04:32 PM

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.

Draft Dodger · 12-17-2009, 06:02 PM

am I really the only one wondering how the coconut halves got on the ocean floor???

gstelmack · 12-17-2009, 06:49 PM

Thanks sabotai!

CU Tiger · 12-17-2009, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

am I really the only one wondering how the coconut halves got on the ocean floor???

Nope see post #13

Quote:

Originally Posted by CU Tiger

But I have to ask, where do they find coconuts on the ocean floor.

Draft Dodger · 12-17-2009, 09:02 PM

I need to get that CU Tiger guy off my ignore list or something

12-15-2009, 10:34 AM	#2
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12-15-2009, 07:37 PM	#9
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12-15-2009, 06:29 PM	#3
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	Octopi weren't on my eat list when I still believed they were dumbasses. I have 5 leg/tentacle/appendage maximum.

12-15-2009, 06:31 PM	#5
Pyser Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Los Angeles	i ate one that was alive it stuck to my plate and was salty thanks for the inspiration, oldboy!

12-15-2009, 06:55 PM	#8
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	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, 09:57 PM	#13
CU Tiger Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Backwoods, SC	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.

12-15-2009, 11:06 PM	#15
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	This is so awesome, thanks for sharing.

12-15-2009, 11:23 PM	#16
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	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... __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

12-16-2009, 09:22 AM	#18
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	And to think the Octomom used a borrowed nut, yet we called her stupid.

12-17-2009, 09:56 AM	#21
Apathetic Lurker College Prospect Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Buffalo,NY	I need new reading glasses..I was positive it said Octopus Using Condoms

12-17-2009, 04:29 PM	#23
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	I still think it's cool how he put the lime in the coconut & drank them both up.

12-17-2009, 04:32 PM	#24
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	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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