My buddy read an article about octopus intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler dumped some shrimp into an octopus’ tank. Then he went into another room and sat at his desk.
A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
The octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the lot, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its caretaker. Not only does this showcase their problem-solving capabilities, but also that it could have escaped at any time. It just broke out this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at its handler. That’s not just intelligence, that’s a human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder exactly how smart these guys can be…
OH MY GOD
“can I trade this one in for a new one pls”
At our local aquarium the octopus was in a tank really far off down the hall from the others sea creatures. I was little and felt bad that it was alone so I asked one of the marine biologists there why that was.
And she tells me it’s because after they got the octopus, all these other fish started disappearing, and it took months for them to figure out that she was escaping her tank, going into the others, eating them, and then returning before anyone found out.
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