Octopus Walks On Land! - Reef-Geeks

LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

Ready Aquatics uploaded this video to their facebook page, and I thought I'd share it with those of you who may have missed it! It's pretty darn cool!!!

Octopus Walks on Land at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve - YouTube

estanoche · I <3 the LEFT COAST!

very neat

hehe - just wait til our fish walk on land too!!

rgrking · Spawning

that's pretty cool. Wish I had those sheets of algae for my tangs though!

Grumpy Bass · $20,000 later....

Very cool.. thanks for sharing.

I was SO happy to see it make it back to the water... interesting it would of even left the water but it's probable use to climbing over rocks near shore to enter tide-pools to feed and oops... no more water over here!

Glad it's back where it belongs!

Grumpy

LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

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Originally Posted by Grumpy Bass

Very cool.. thanks for sharing.

I was SO happy to see it make it back to the water... interesting it would of even left the water but it's probable use to climbing over rocks near shore to enter tide-pools to feed and oops... no more water over here!

Glad it's back where it belongs!

Grumpy

I was glad to see it find its way back, too! My theory is that it was trying to get that nasty crab off it, so it went out of water to do so. That was one big freakin' crab, too! Whatever the reason, it was pretty nifty to see

billrob71 · Will work for CLAMS

Thats a pretty cool video, didn't realize they could do that.

spinycheek · Insert Custom Title Here

I would love to see an octo do that. They are so awesome in person.

shmoliken · Big-Geek

way long ago in the 70's i had a 4" octo in my basement tank. one day i heard some strange rustling, like cellophane. the little guy had crawled across my basement floor, up the stairs and into the kitchen. put him back, he inked, but didn't live too long afterwards. back then, it coulda been many reasons for it to die, but the experience f seeing it in the kitchen was amazing.

LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

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Originally Posted by shmoliken

way long ago in the 70's i had a 4" octo in my basement tank. one day i heard some strange rustling, like cellophane. the little guy had crawled across my basement floor, up the stairs and into the kitchen. put him back, he inked, but didn't live too long afterwards. back then, it coulda been many reasons for it to die, but the experience f seeing it in the kitchen was amazing.

I think I would probably have freaked out to see my octo in my kitchen, having bad horror movie type flashes going through my head :P

I don't remember if it was on this forum or not, but a while ago I had read about another member who'd had an octo in a tank when he was living in off-campus housing during his college years. His roommate also had a saltwater tank, but his was a FOWLR. He had told us he had woken up one night to the sounds of a lot of splashing and when he walked out to the room with the tanks, he saw his octo out of its tank and trying to get the fish in the FOWLR tank

I guess it was hungry

rgrking · Spawning

they r just to smart.

[1 (permalink)] Posted by LadyOfIreland 12-12-2011, 12:48 AM	Dr. Zoos
Octopus Walks On Land! Ready Aquatics uploaded this video to their facebook page, and I thought I'd share it with those of you who may have missed it! It's pretty darn cool!!! Octopus Walks on Land at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve - YouTube __________________ One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish... Will work for coral "If wishes were fishes, we'd all have full tanks." Last edited by estanoche; 12-12-2011 at 11:23 AM.	Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 867 Gameroom cash: $259040 Rep Power: 34
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[2 (permalink)] Posted by estanoche 12-12-2011, 11:21 AM	I <3 the LEFT COAST!
very neat hehe - just wait til our fish walk on land too!! __________________ SAY NO TO FISH STICKS!! Put screened and vented lids on your tanks! My 80 Gal. Reef Tank Build: So this is where all my money goes My 25 Gal. QT/Angler Cube: A place for my money to QT/grow out Member/VP of Spokane Coeur d Alene Reef Society Friend me up on FB too!	Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,799 Gameroom cash: $1235065 Rep Power: 116
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[3 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 12-12-2011, 08:38 PM	Spawning
that's pretty cool. Wish I had those sheets of algae for my tangs though! __________________ RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 Friend me up on Facebook Glen King	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 10,000 Gameroom cash: $1656070 Rep Power: 164
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[4 (permalink)] Posted by Grumpy Bass 12-14-2011, 01:21 AM	$20,000 later....
Video Very cool.. thanks for sharing. I was SO happy to see it make it back to the water... interesting it would of even left the water but it's probable use to climbing over rocks near shore to enter tide-pools to feed and oops... no more water over here! Glad it's back where it belongs! Grumpy	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 274 Gameroom cash: $111287 Rep Power: 25
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[6 (permalink)] Posted by billrob71 12-15-2011, 10:21 PM	Will work for CLAMS
Thats a pretty cool video, didn't realize they could do that. __________________ Why is the rum always gone	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Delaware Posts: 6,413 Gameroom cash: $1737675 Rep Power: 94
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[7 (permalink)] Posted by spinycheek 12-15-2011, 10:26 PM	Insert Custom Title Here
I would love to see an octo do that. They are so awesome in person. __________________ All this knowledge is giving me a raging brainer!	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 4,277 Gameroom cash: $1307222 Rep Power: 82
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[8 (permalink)] Posted by shmoliken 12-16-2011, 06:18 AM	Big-Geek
way long ago in the 70's i had a 4" octo in my basement tank. one day i heard some strange rustling, like cellophane. the little guy had crawled across my basement floor, up the stairs and into the kitchen. put him back, he inked, but didn't live too long afterwards. back then, it coulda been many reasons for it to die, but the experience f seeing it in the kitchen was amazing. __________________ who knew salt water was made of $100 bills?	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: de Posts: 1,492 Gameroom cash: $804225 Rep Power: 29
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[10 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 12-17-2011, 05:09 PM	Spawning
they r just to smart. __________________ RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 Friend me up on Facebook Glen King	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 10,000 Gameroom cash: $1656070 Rep Power: 164
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