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Violet the octopus learns! Now opens jar to get her crab

submitted by maudlin

1 decade 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago

From biomesblog: "How smart are octopi? We taught her this trick in about an hour. First you place an empty glass jar in her tank. Because they are so curious she will investigate it and realize it's not a threat. Next, you place a crab inside the jar, but without a cover on it. She of course will see the crab and simply reach in and grab the food. Then you place the cover on the jar and barely turn to secure it. She'll figure out that by twisting the cap a bit it will come off and she gets the food. Finally, you screw the cap on and let her go at it."

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My favourite thing about octopuses is that they are one of very few animals that have aesthetic preferences!

callistan says...

Uhm, well that's not actually true gwaan, a lot of species (birds in particular, but also lizards, fish etc) have mating preferences based on what can only be described as "aesthetic" qualities. See http://www.videosift.com/video/The-craziest-birds-ever

Also, minor point - the plural of octopus is octopi.

coupland says...

> Also, minor point - the plural of octopus is octopi.

It's also a very tasty dish.

ant

Octopus amaze me!

The standard English plural of octopus is octopuses, but the Greek plural, octopodes is correct and sometimes used. Octopi would be applying a Latin pluralization rule to a word of Greek origin, and is therefore incorrect, if commonly thought correct.

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