Playtime with an octopus named Shania (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20060822/LIFE/608220304/-1/NEWS01&cid=0&ei=3vf7RJmxKdDOHNm84LcF)
The News Journal, DE - Aug 22, 2006
Shania, a young great Pacific octopus, hugs a Mr. Potato Head dropped into her tank, rather than trying to extract the smelts encased inside it. ...


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I moved this news story to Octopus Care forum since I imagine some octo owners / prospects may benefit from the point of view of this article, which speaks to the importance of keeping an octopus "mentally stimulated".

(I believe Shania's story was posted once or twice before)

Thanks, Tony. It's fun to read about how octopuses play.

This article should provide our octo keepers with more ideas about what might interest their octopuses.

Nancy