The culprit of the smashed glass and broken lamp is two foot seven inch Otto Posted on 10/31/2008 6:36:45 PM PDT by BGHater
A octopus has caused havoc in his aquarium by performing juggling tricks using his fellow occupants, smashing rocks against the glass and turning off the power by shortcircuiting a lamp.
The culprit of the smashed glass and broken lamp is two foot seven inch Otto
Staff believe that the octopus called Otto had been annoyed by the bright light shining into his aquarium and had discovered he could extinguish it by climbing onto the rim of his tank and squirting a jet of water in its direction.
The short-circuit had baffled electricians as well as staff at the Sea Star Aquarium in Coburg, Germany, who decided to take shifts sleeping on the floor to find out what caused the mysterious blackouts.
A spokesman said: "It was a serious matter because it shorted the electricity supply to the whole aquarium that threatened the lives of the other animals when water pumps ceased to work.
"It was on the third night that we found out that the octopus Otto was responsible for the chaos.
"We knew that he was bored as the aquarium is closed for winter, and at two feet, seven inches 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."
Director Elfriede Kummer who witnessed the act said: "We've put the light a bit higher now so he shouldn't be able to reach it. But 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 - and also perhaps give him a few more toys to play with.
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Wasn’t there a video game called Evil Otto?
SHOOT IT...SHOOT IT..... from the movie, of course.....lest anyone go whacko on me.
Octopus intelligence...
You don’t suppose their ancestor, his sleepiness, Great Cthulhu, might have something to do with that..?
Sounds like he’s a sucker for danger...
And I thought I would be the only one to make a Cthulhu reference. My hat is off to you sir.
Can’t we send him over to obama headquarters?
Have you ever seen footage of two cuttlefish stalking a shrimp? Talk about teamwork. It’s just a good thing they
are small.
Maybe they should consider letting Otto have the light OUT while he sleeps.
I saw a video once of an octopus swimming along, and you can easily see him.
He then settles on this rock, a rock who’s color and texture did not match the background at all.
Then the octopus disappeared! Even when they took a close up shot of the rock, you simply COULD NOT see anything that looked animal or non-mineral!
Truly an awesome display of camouflage.
Takeout?
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