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Hello,
I've had Sgt. Pepper, a long arm Octo from Bali, for about 3 months now. He has a personality for sure (not that I knew exactly what to expect - He's my first octo!).
When he can't catch a monkey shrimp or ghost shrimp I throw in there he starts flashing all different shades of brown and black and then repeatedly attacks rocks out of fury!
Also, he lives in this shell I found for him and always sticks his whole body in there with just two little eyes popping up. He especially loves to go in there after he eats. Sometimes he looks ridiculous in there because after he eats two shrimp he can't fit most of his body in the shell!
Anyway, I also feed him tiny hermit crabs and i recently noticed that he's been collecting the tiny shells and keeping them in his house! When he goes into the big shell he has to climb over and through all of these little hermit crab shells and then he will cover himself with shells as well. Now all I can see from the top of the big shell is a bunch of little shells (and sometimes his eye when he pokes out to take a peek). I was just wondering if this burrowing is typical octo behavior, does it make him feel safe in there? Or is he just a packrat like his owner
Here's a pic of Sgt Pepper in his shell before he started his collection:
And here's his glamour shot:
I've had Sgt. Pepper, a long arm Octo from Bali, for about 3 months now. He has a personality for sure (not that I knew exactly what to expect - He's my first octo!).
When he can't catch a monkey shrimp or ghost shrimp I throw in there he starts flashing all different shades of brown and black and then repeatedly attacks rocks out of fury!
Also, he lives in this shell I found for him and always sticks his whole body in there with just two little eyes popping up. He especially loves to go in there after he eats. Sometimes he looks ridiculous in there because after he eats two shrimp he can't fit most of his body in the shell!
Anyway, I also feed him tiny hermit crabs and i recently noticed that he's been collecting the tiny shells and keeping them in his house! When he goes into the big shell he has to climb over and through all of these little hermit crab shells and then he will cover himself with shells as well. Now all I can see from the top of the big shell is a bunch of little shells (and sometimes his eye when he pokes out to take a peek). I was just wondering if this burrowing is typical octo behavior, does it make him feel safe in there? Or is he just a packrat like his owner
Here's a pic of Sgt Pepper in his shell before he started his collection:
And here's his glamour shot: