Some people seem to think that octopi have some form of "intelligence"........

[Walter]

Octopuses are cool critters.

 

[fishoutawater]

A few years ago, there was an aquarium lab somewhere with fish tanks with live specimens in them. They had this one tank that fish were mysteriously disappearing from, and they couldn't figure out why. They eventually suspected an octopus in a tank nearby. They set up a camera, put some fish in the tank, and left for the evening. Next morning as usual, they found the fish tank devoid of any fish. They watched the video and sure enough, at night the octopus would crawl out of its own tank, slither down the stand, across the floor, climb up the other stand and into the tank to eat all of the fish. The weird part was, he would then climb out of the fish tank and return to his own tank. They wondered why the octopus didn't just stay in the tank he just cleaned out.
Sly critters they are.

 

[archman]

Octopods sneaking out of aquaria, that's why there's velcro lining the tops of many public tanks. They can't stick very well to the velcro. Friggin' octopus...

 

[DrSteve]

Check out the link in this thread which shows an octopus attacking a shark
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=109004

The only problem I have with octopi inheriting the earth is the fact that all (?) of the females die while protecting their eggs. Doesn't leave very long for them to develop email, does it?

 

[ineedgills2]

Octopii are thought to be smarter than dogs. They remeber, and solve problems and are practically humman except, well they dont look like humans but their intelligence is practically equal.

 

[archman]

Too bad they rarely live longer than 3 years. Try imagining a human society based on generation times like that.

 

[Damselfish]

term limits

 

[drbill]

According to an octopi specialist friend of mine with a global reputation, there ain't no such thing as octopi... it is octopusses. He corrected me when I used the word octopi in a paper I wrote.

 

[archman]

I've heard that "octopods" is the proper plural. I've also heard many an invertebrate zoologist use "octopi." I prefer "octopus" used in both the singular and plural, although technically that usage would denote multiple specimens of the same species.

 

[fishoutawater]

I kinda like the James Bond version.