Ya that would be my concern.." hum maybe I should have GLUP GLUP let go before he decided to GLUP GLUP latch on to me and GLUP pull me in. "

That's actually a pretty good question. Really, it's almost impossible to know for sure if what I think is "play" is actually playing, or a sinister attempt to eat me. That said, I interact with him daily and I have slowly built trust with him. It didn't take him too long to figure out that I was the source of food. I can't really explain it, but you can just tell he doesn't mean you any harm.

Though, if he is really hungry and I start playing with him and would rather food he can get a bit more aggressive. I avoid letting him touch me with his larger suckers because they are STRONG. Seriously, it is impossible to pry yourself off if he grabs you with them. There have been a couple times where I wasn't paying attention and he has grabbed me and refused to let go. The only course of action at this point is to hold your hand out of the water and let his weight tire him out and he will let go eventually.

For this reason, I am just starting to train him to let go of me on command. Which is perhaps the only time I have been able to apply part of my education to my job thus far!

Signs that he is mad would be him showing me his beak, or going mostly white while accentuating his eye. Or if I startled him he would ink me and try to escape. He has never done any of these things.


Haha, thanks! Maybe we could pitch that to whitespot! I like burgers after all.

Talking about being smart
 

I heard this story a few years ago about this aquarium having fish go missing during the night from tanks that had no other fish with them. So they assumed that an employee was stealing fish during the night so they set up a hidden camera. Turns out that they had an octopus and there was a small hole on top of the tank, he had figured out how to reach out and open his tank. Then climb out, across the floor and into another tank. He would catch fish and then climb back out and go back home.

They are really cool creatures. This is so awesome, I love reading your updates.

What is the lifespan of these big guys? It's kinda sadly short, isn't it?

Yeah I found it. Simply AMAZING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROwnyb6T2e4

Sounds like you have a really rewarding job I envy you! Thx for the stories.

you posted a cat video.... funny. but no octo.

Haha, release the Craken!

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Yeah I have heard about this story too. We have our lids sealed very tight so that he isn't able to escape, I wouldn't doubt that he would figure out how to squeeze through a hole. The hole needs to be larger than the beak and that's it.

Thanks! You are right, they only live up to five years old. While longer than the little tropical guys still makes me kind of sad.

Haha, random. That video made me chuckle.

:behindsofa::cool:

very cool.
I want a mini octo tank!