MUST SEE: Octopus Leaves Water, Walks on Land

KSAT ^ | Nov 23 2011 | Nicole Perez

[nickcarraway]

An octopus surprised visitors to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve recently when it rose from the water and onto dry land.

YouTube video becoming big hit

Author: , nperez@ksat.com Published On:

A person can be heard saying, "He might come out of the water, and it's okay."

The octopus slithered across land for about two-and-a-half minutes before returning to the water.

You can see the video here.

[nickcarraway]

[LyinLibs]

Reminds me of Omoslem leaving Chicago.

He’ll someday crawl back.

[Daffynition]

[GeronL]

I wouldn’t say he “rose” from the water, that would imply something graceful about its movements. I uderstand, now, that this isn’t totally uncommon, just doesn’t usually happen when people are around.

[abishai]

Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

[goodnesswins]

Aw...this is nothing.....friend of mine tells story of a night worker (I think he was an ER doc) who had two large fish tanks side by side....one had an octopus in it, the other had various fish. He would feed them both....however, all of a sudden fish started disappearing from the one tank. And, evidently he always discovered it upon his return from his night shift. Long story short....after awhile he caught the octopus actually lifting the lid of his tank....skooting over to the other tank, lifting the lid, and reaching in for a fish.....TRUE story!

[mylife]

Walk?
Looks to me like he has been out all night inking.

[Oztrich Boy]

And I, for one, welcome our new cephalopod overlords

[stormer]

I read about a case several years ago where fish in a laboratory tank kept disappearing. It was assumed they were being stolen, so a hidden camera was set up. What they found was that at night after everyone would leave, an octopus in another tank would crawl out and over to the other tank where he would have dinner and then head back home. Amazing. They are far and away the most intelligent invertebrate...

[factoryrat]

OH NOES! The octopi are invading!

[mylife]

The Police wrote hit song about them, Mollosk In A Bottle

[Uriah_lost]

If you listen carefully you can hear someone chanting, “mglw’nafh C’thulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn”.... what an odd thing...

[TChad]

The scout reported seeing only a few unarmed humanoid creatures at the primary invasion assault site. The first mass landing of our combined expeditionary forces will proceed on schedule.

[Uriah_lost]

No, no I said occupy movement!

[Randy Larsen]

mark

[DYngbld]

That was my first thought too. Octopi Wall Street.

[TChad]

[crazyhorse691]

You are correct. It was from an episode of NOVA several years ago...where they stole it from I don't remember.

[eclecticEel]

Save the endangered Pacific Northwest tree octopus