Look at this octopus!
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That's pretty cool. I guess sometimes it pays to be spineless. 
Impressive.
H2Andy
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octos don't have any "hard" tissue in their bodies exept for their beak. if they can squeeze the beak through something, they can make it out
they are awesome critters
they are awesome critters
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Is it the beak or the eye Andy?? I have heard both
H2Andy
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hmm... i only heard the beak..
need to look it up fo' sho'
says the Pedia:
A beak, similar in shape to a parrot's beak, is their only hard part. This enables them to squeeze through very narrow slits between underwater rocks, which is very helpful when they are fleeing from morays or other predatory fish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus
need to look it up fo' sho'
says the Pedia:
A beak, similar in shape to a parrot's beak, is their only hard part. This enables them to squeeze through very narrow slits between underwater rocks, which is very helpful when they are fleeing from morays or other predatory fish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus
That demo. is a really old, classic octopus experiment. It is over 30+ years old.
I had several Octopuses (that is the correct terminology - not Octopi) which I tested. They never tried escaping. At some point the experiments were terminated because it was clear the guys would never work their way out. The orifice was easily larger than their beaks. The species was Octopus bimaculoides.
Another classic is using a corked, transparent bottle with a live prey animal inside. The cork has a hole through which the Octo. can verify if the critter inside is real. Of course, my guys did total jack and never uncorked the bottle.
On the bright side, one guy came out of his little lair everyday at exactly 1:00 pm for a look-see.
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I had several Octopuses (that is the correct terminology - not Octopi) which I tested. They never tried escaping. At some point the experiments were terminated because it was clear the guys would never work their way out. The orifice was easily larger than their beaks. The species was Octopus bimaculoides.
Another classic is using a corked, transparent bottle with a live prey animal inside. The cork has a hole through which the Octo. can verify if the critter inside is real. Of course, my guys did total jack and never uncorked the bottle.
On the bright side, one guy came out of his little lair everyday at exactly 1:00 pm for a look-see.
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Do you think it hurts? I mean I could do alot of things, but they hurt (cant think of a good analogy right now) Does the octowhatever 
get all upset.... "damn you mean I gotta go thru that hole again... F*$k"
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