These stories were already shown to be false when someone posted them too i m g u r yesterday. That's nothing like what actually happened. The octopus just maintained eye contact with the handler as it specifically got rid of a bad shrimp. There was also a speerage instance when they took apart a valve and dumped a couple hundred gallons of water out of the tank.
My mom once worked in this pet store that sold alot of exotic animals they had everything from mice to lemurs. Well they had this one tank that was blackened with ducttape except for a small square to see in the tank. I asked my mom about it she said it was Houdini. I asked what Houdini was she said that he was a octopus they gotten by mistake. They tried sending him back but EVERY TIME they try to he somehow gets out of the water crate before it left and hid till it was gone. I asked how they "accidentally" got him she said they ordered some feeder shrimp for selling and he came in the box instead.
THE OCTOPUS SNUCK IN THE BOX WENT FOR A RIDE AND ATE ALL THE SHRIMP! lol
The tape was because he kept escaping and eating the other fish in the store.
One time he snuck out and was inside the lemur cage. He got lucky a customer say him because the lemurs thought he was a toy. Cause they only eat fruit.
So he became a store pet. That store had a butt load of not for sale animals lol
We visited an aquarium and asked staff what the octopus's name was. She said they don't name them because octopi only live for about 2 years, and it depresses guests who return looking for their old octopus friend and find out that another octopus has replaced them. I felt bad, so I said I was going to name him Frank. Frank *immediately* turned a bright, vivid red, so I said "Okay, okay, sorry! Hmm...what's a good name for an octopus? I'll call you Kevin." Kevin returned to his normal color as soon as I renamed him.
Ok no these tumblrs fucking INCESSANTLY exaggerate shit what the fuck. Yes, octopi are very very intelligent, but this shit is leaping across the line between fact and fiction.
Once you think about it like that, this will make more sense.
THE OCTOPUS SNUCK IN THE BOX WENT FOR A RIDE AND ATE ALL THE SHRIMP! lol
The tape was because he kept escaping and eating the other fish in the store.
One time he snuck out and was inside the lemur cage. He got lucky a customer say him because the lemurs thought he was a toy. Cause they only eat fruit.
So he became a store pet. That store had a butt load of not for sale animals lol
2. Unnecessary cursing.
3. Always trying to show how smart you are and how stupid everyone else are.