Found an octopus in my pocket!
 

Just thought I would share a little story from my Mexico trip last week.

On the first day of our holiday I took my little girls down to the beach for a walk. While exploring a tide pool, I found a seashell. I checked to make sure it wasn’t alive, than placed in my pocket. A few minutes later I put another shell in my pocket. To my surprise, there was something wet and slimy in my pocket. I thought it was going to by the foot from the live shell. However, it turned out to be a small octopus. I tried to place it back into the shell, but it just sat on the rim giving me the evil eye. I gently put him back in the ocean. I’m not sure how well he will survive that close to shore, but maybe he will swim out to deeper water.

I,m glad I was in Mexico, 1000 miles away from home, because I would have been so tempted to put him/her in my tank (although I know what caos that would cause).


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that is too cool!:biggrin:

good thing it was mexico and not australia. A little blue ring in your pocket would certainly suck any fun out of your vacation.

well being dead kind of does that to any vacation, now doesn't it.. :razz:

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I agree. If I was in australia I definitely would not have taken it out of my pocket with my hands.

hahaha cool story. it's so cute! We have a baby octopus in my lab at work who i named squiggles.

Wow that is very cool. Not something that happens every day!!

When I was 11 and visiting my sister (who lives down under) I picked up a shell from a beach near Taronga Zoo and put it in my pocket. Although it wasn't a bluering octopus that turned out to be hitching a ride, just a hermit. :lol:

Very Cool, It'll be fine. He probably feasts on stuff trapped in the tide pools, and never goes out to the big open Sea.

Glad it was no blue ringed octo :mrgreen:

It didnt bite you? When I was on the west coast of the island I picked up one in a tide pool and it was about the size of a quarter and started to feast on my hand. Little bugger wouldnt let go and bit me about six times:redface: ... so now he is in his own little aquarium.

Matt

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Matt
The little guy did not bite me, but sure stuck on to my hand when I took him out of my pocket. How is your octopus doing? Do you have a chiller on his tank?

sorry to hijack your thread. But ya he is doing fine and eats alot. I dont have a chiller in his tank becuase it is right near a window and keeps the tank about 2 degrees warmer than the ocean. He will probaly be going back to the ocean soonish becuase it is a giant pacific octopus...:rolleyes: One of the wickedist animals that i have ever kept.

Matt

Dude you have to get some pictures up of that.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...quandry002.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...quandry004.jpg

sorry i only have two kinda good quality ones but he will watch you forever and the second a camera comes out hes gone

Matt

That's amazing. How big is he?

about the size of a quarter

matt

What are you feeding him?
He is so small you probably could keep him for awhile. However, I agree he will need to go back. I have played with some huge ones diving at the coast.

He eats the little itty-bitty hermit crabs and crabs. I have still yet to see an octopus when diving...

Matt

Theres a rocket in my pocket...