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To: Gordongekko909

Octopi are very intelligent. The Oregon Coast Aquarium had an octopus in one of its tanks that did NOT like being there. It was red all of the time (octopi turn red when they're stressed or angry.) One day one of the staff came to work early in the morning...and found the octopus in the parking lot! It had climbed out of its tank, squeezed under the front door and tried to escape back to the ocean. They put the octopus back in his (her?) tank...only to get another surprise a time later, when another employee found it, again, slithering across the parking lot. This time they took the hint and released the frustrated animal back into the sea.


14 posted on 01/26/2006 10:45:34 PM PST by Calico Cat
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To: Calico Cat

Yeah, maybe we shouldn't eat them anymore.

They're pretty smart. Last I heard was a comparison to dogs.


17 posted on 01/26/2006 11:46:26 PM PST by Skywalk (Transdimensional Jihad!)
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To: Calico Cat

Wow.

Have a link to the story?


19 posted on 01/26/2006 11:48:37 PM PST by Emmet Fitzhume ("Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure." President Reagan)
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To: Calico Cat
This time they took the hint and released the frustrated animal back into the sea.

That doesn't mean it doesn't still have the red a**. :-)

20 posted on 01/27/2006 2:52:21 AM PST by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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