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Greetings oh supreme scholars of Teuthology,
I am a Junior from a High school called Rivercity Leadership academy. I currently am in charge of a 65gl salt water tank ,which is currently inhabited by a small octopus. I have raised one before in the same tank, but she die shortly after she laid her eggs (wild caught). I use this tank to teach some of the students some basic Marine science. Anyway, please don't hold any of this against me. I am eager to learn, and am will to listen to you all. I'm not the best at English ,Give me a chance and please I beg you to be patient with me.
Thank you,
Moving on, I currently have an octopus that I wish to physically interact with. He is fairly new and is eating frozen foods, but seem a little different. My previous octopus would hide and come out when I fed her, but is completely the opposite. It pulled a shell to the closest right corner of the tank with a shell, but most of his body is completely visible. That is also where he was introduced into the tank. Another thing is anytime I put my hand anywhere near him, he doesn’t hesitate to approach and grasp my hand. On one occasion He completely engulfed my hand, but luckily I managed to get him off before he was in the position to do any damage without hurting him. My question is why is he doing this, and how would I be able to physically communicate with it.
Thank you.
sorry about the spelling
I am a Junior from a High school called Rivercity Leadership academy. I currently am in charge of a 65gl salt water tank ,which is currently inhabited by a small octopus. I have raised one before in the same tank, but she die shortly after she laid her eggs (wild caught). I use this tank to teach some of the students some basic Marine science. Anyway, please don't hold any of this against me. I am eager to learn, and am will to listen to you all. I'm not the best at English ,Give me a chance and please I beg you to be patient with me.
Thank you,
Moving on, I currently have an octopus that I wish to physically interact with. He is fairly new and is eating frozen foods, but seem a little different. My previous octopus would hide and come out when I fed her, but is completely the opposite. It pulled a shell to the closest right corner of the tank with a shell, but most of his body is completely visible. That is also where he was introduced into the tank. Another thing is anytime I put my hand anywhere near him, he doesn’t hesitate to approach and grasp my hand. On one occasion He completely engulfed my hand, but luckily I managed to get him off before he was in the position to do any damage without hurting him. My question is why is he doing this, and how would I be able to physically communicate with it.
Thank you.
sorry about the spelling