Octopus cyanea

should have worded that better! :bonk: :roll: :?

I meant, thats the one I'm waiting for!!!! Soz
 
Sorry I haven't replied to all your nice comments - I've been under the weather for a little while.
As you can see by the file, it was Octopus I, not H, but no matter
Carol - this one weighed 2850 grams and had a mantle length of 18 cm.
Most seem to do fine a couple of days after being put in the tank. They're usually a bit traumatized from being pulled from the reef but otherwise unharmed. After a couple of days they seem to understand that the person peering over the side isn't going to grab them (often :oops: ) and that's who brings those dead shrimp that - what do you know - can be eaten. I hide the shimp around the tank so they have to go "foraging" to eat, and that takes another few days to figure out. I let them get used to the tank for at least a week and a half before I pull them out to examine :madsci: . This betray of trust gets them pretty miffed for a day or two, but then they're back to our normal routine.
Invazn, I'll take that as a compliment. I think you have to go to a coral reef to get these ...
Rusty, these (O. cyanea) are the octos from the Octopus Show. The part where they had all the tanks of different shapes in a darkened room was filmed in my lab, I'm told, but that was before my time. I inherited some of the tanks, but haven't seen the cool spiral one. Most of the octos I get are too large for those, though. I've found a use for one of them in my research (an excuse just to use it maybe?)
Okay - thanks again ... and happy birthday, Rusty (I wish I had just turned 27, I'd stay in grad school another 3 years!)

Gayla
 
Hi Gayla!

All I can say is WOW!!!!!!! I am soooo jealous!!! That's amazing the octopus Show was filmed in your lab! I have a copy so I will have to take a look at that segment again! Do you have any more pictures to post?

Carol
 

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