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Good catch by the birders. Octopus are pretty badass.

The famous Shark Vs. Octopus video.

1 posted on 04/30/2012 5:15:04 PM PDT by Theoria
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Story has one error. NO way the octopus ingested the gull in under a minute. The octopus has a neak..like a parrot’s beak..very sharp..it throws its mantle over the prey, then leisurely tears it apart and eats it..


2 posted on 04/30/2012 5:20:47 PM PDT by ken5050 (FRACK Obama!!!)
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Story has one error. NO way the octopus ingested the gull in under a minute. The octopus has a beak..like a parrot’s beak..very sharp..it throws its mantle over the prey, then leisurely tears it apart and eats it..


3 posted on 04/30/2012 5:20:59 PM PDT by ken5050 (FRACK Obama!!!)
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Story has one error. NO way the octopus ingested the gull in under a minute. The octopus has a beak..like a parrot’s beak..very sharp..it throws its mantle over the prey, then leisurely tears it apart and eats it..


4 posted on 04/30/2012 5:20:59 PM PDT by ken5050 (FRACK Obama!!!)
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Octopi are about as smart as a cat. If fact they are almost the full-water version of a cat.

They like humans, and will stay with you in the water if you don’t pose as ANY kind of threat, just like cats.


5 posted on 04/30/2012 5:21:13 PM PDT by HighWheeler
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They used to keep an octopus in a big tank over at the Hatfield Science Center on the Oregon Coast. Faculty who worked late would hear a big SPLAT & come running with dustpans to put it back. For some reason, it wanted out!


6 posted on 04/30/2012 5:23:55 PM PDT by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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Wow; never saw that one before. Thanks, T.


7 posted on 04/30/2012 5:24:16 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (((.)))
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I’ve seen an octopus do this up on Sonora Island - assassin of the deep! These octopi will scuttle in and out of the water at low tide to grab likely looking eats on the shore.

Between them and the black bears, it’s a wonder any crabs lived on the rocky strand at all!


9 posted on 04/30/2012 5:29:57 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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Talk about bad ass, Cod will attack an octopus, and will spin furiously to twist off an appendage. The Octopus is doomed once it loses 3 or 4. I wish I could find the video on the net.


10 posted on 04/30/2012 5:32:13 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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Ginger described the battle as “primal” and although she wanted to rescue the gull,...

Good gravy, Ginger. Grow up. The natural world of Mama Gia is cruel.

14 posted on 04/30/2012 6:15:09 PM PDT by Clock King (Ellisworth Toohey was right: My head's gonna explode.)
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What a stupid line.

**To commemorate witnessing and photographing this amazing event, Ginger, Ken and Lou went out for a calamari lunch.**

They ate squid to celebrate an octopus eating a bird.


17 posted on 04/30/2012 6:57:40 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Unnngh! To many PDS people!)
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That's no octopus...it's


19 posted on 05/01/2012 4:21:05 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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