Comments on The Right Blue: The Octopus: Nature's ultimate shape shifter

I'm imagining Chubby Checkers's "Limb...

2009-12-15T04:05:25.019-10:00

I'm imagining Chubby Checkers's "Limbo Rock" as accompaniment to this video. :)

What a video. I never knew this about an octopus. ...

2009-12-07T16:09:28.258-10:00

What a video. I never knew this about an octopus. Such interesting creatures.
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Octopi are quite intelligent! The fact that a cep...

2009-12-07T15:01:59.659-10:00

Octopi are quite intelligent! The fact that a cephalopod is so smart surprises most people, including me, but it certainly is indisputable.

I fell in love with ocutupi (?) on a field trip to...

2009-12-06T16:25:22.152-10:00

I fell in love with ocutupi (?) on a field trip to Kaneohe's Coconut Island labs when taking oceanography as a UH student in the early '70s. They had a large circular plexiglass tank of them that scientists were studying and we were told, then observed for ourselves, how they showed distinct individual personalities (in addition to being very intelligent which Jacque Costeau was showing the world with a great documentary film). They were so interesting...one was a grump who would settle into one cinderblock (they were placed equidistant around the tank for housing for the animals) only for him to then decide it wasn't good enough for him so he'd move to the next cinderblock, chase the resident there out, and take it over. Only to go thru the same exercise: settle in, decide against it, move on to the next cinderblock, chase out the occupant, etc, etc. This went on the whole time we were there. Another octopus apparently was REALLY attracted to the color orange as it moved around the tank following a girl in an orange top, even to the point of trying to climb out of the tank toward her. The staff had a tiny one in its inhouse aquatic tank, no bigger than 2 or 3 inches, so amazing...would flash more than one color at a time. Truly amazing creatures! Thanks for sharing the video.

These are amazing creatures. I find them very inte...

2009-12-06T16:12:26.173-10:00

These are amazing creatures. I find them very interesting. I agree with kml they do seem pretty creepy. I would love to learn more.

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I know they are supposed to be quite intelligent f...

2009-12-06T14:52:01.407-10:00

I know they are supposed to be quite intelligent from what I have read about them, but they seem so creepy to me. All that maneuvering around they do, and they are pretty sneaky about it too.

Your photo is great, Bobbie - amazing how it made itself look like coral.