Tonight, Gimpy was out looking for food. I pushed the green lego close to him and he grabbed it. For about 5 minutes he floated around on it by the top of the tank, making the lego spin! This is the first octo since Ink that has showed interest in the lego!

And a couple more shots!

he looks like he's having fun!

he's great!

you must have strong lights in there Carol if you've got acropora's? are they real?

Way cool...miss those shots of Ink ! Glad that Gimpy has the same playful attitude...

greg

What great shots....I love him!

Congrats

Likes to play with Lego bricks... hmm, sure sign of a budding creative mind there! Let us know when Gimpy starts assembling them! :wink:

if Gimpy does, then it might be the world smartest octo.

nice to see another healthy active octo Carol :)
what else is new in the 'zoo' these days :)

Check supporters for an update on my zoo!!!

Gimp is doing very well. Has been out hunting daily, in fact Jess and I need to go collecting crabs again. He's very active. Does alot of swimming. He still perches on top of my cleaning magnet and jets to the bottom of the tank. Does the conehead quite a bit with the black/white coloring and still tries to pretend he is a snail. It's almost like he's pretending I am a threat cause at times as when he's plastered to the front, he follows my face or fingers all over the place and other times, if I spot him he freezes and tries to look like this blob slinking away. Very curious about what's above the waterline as he's always extending his arms out of the water. I keep my level about 2" from the top to discourage too much exploration, plus lots of duck tape. I'm still not 100 percent certain he's a bimac as sometimes his arms look really long.

In the 1st pic you posted on June 28th he looks exactly like Groove Machine. GM has really long legs too. He was sold to us ID'd as O. Cyanea.

Have you noticed really weriod swimming behaviors? I watched Gimp swim up today. He was all balled up and actually swam up! He also does alot of the twitching when I annoy him. Looks like a conehead and twitches. Very strange behaviors I have never seen one of my bimacs do.

Carol,
Does Gimpy have the bimac yellow in his coloration (the pattern that looks like flowers)?

Nancy