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charlesOtto the Octopus breaks lights, juggles fish
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"Otto is constantly craving for attention and always comes up with new stunts so we have realised we will have to keep more careful eye on him"
Apparently, there's a bright light above his tank, and it bothers him. Most octopuses might just hide under a rock, or sullenly sit in their room, listening to Pink Floyd, but Otto took another route:
"Otto had discovered he was big enough to swing onto the edge of his tank and shoot out a the 2000 Watt spot light above him with a carefully directed jet of water."
These are intelligent animals, capable of planning and decision making, apparently. Of course, we've all heard about the octopus that would sneak out at night and eat fish from other tanks, but this seems like it might be an urban legend.
Wikipedia notes that octopuses have short and long term memory, are capable of maze-finding and other problem-solving tasks.
In fact, in the UK, octopuses are on the list of animals that cannot be treated cruelly, a status not given to other invertebrates.
Slate has an interesting article on the intelligence of octopuses, including researchers that suspect that they may actually be conscious animals.
Regardless of all the speculation, Otto still keeps playing his tricks:
"Once we saw him juggling the hermit crabs in his tank, another time he threw stones against the glass damaging it."
Oh, Otto!
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