My what long arms you have . I always love your "videos of mom and the octopus" features. Great photos! I particularly like the 7th one down for a personality shot. The 4th, 5th and 6th DO suggest he is a male!
Nice web shots! Nice overall collection of O. briareus. For sure this one is a male. The shrimp chase shows the reason I believe O. briareus is a tactile hunter and not a sight hunter and the picture with arms in the overflow support my explanation why the are ALWAYS missing arms when they come in from the wild. He still looks healthy!
Behavior is a bit strange, he was coming out a lot a few weeks ago, then I barely saw him for two or three-ish weeks. Now he came out right when I came in the room.
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