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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOctopus jumps out, chases, and then drags crab into water.
https://rumble.com/v346fh-just-hanging-out-when-suddenly....html?mref=2gktt&mc=4sv08You have to sit through a short ad, but this video is worth it.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)And that theyre friends
ZenDem
(442 posts)That helped!
LuvNewcastle
(17,811 posts)I never thought about what octopi eat, but I wouldn't have thought they eat crabs.
ariadne0614
(2,173 posts)It took a me some time to get used to it. Some sources say "octopi" is acceptable because of its popular use. They are intelligent, fascinating creatures. Netflix is showing "My Octopus Teacher." It's pretty wonderful.
LuvNewcastle
(17,811 posts)auto-correct, so I went with it. Now that I look again, though, it also says "octopuses." Thanks for the correction. I'll have to check out that movie on Netflix.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(130,471 posts)The plural of the Greek word would be octopodes, not octopi, but we use the English plural form instead.
ariadne0614
(2,173 posts)Cirque du So-What
(29,709 posts)'Faster than an octopus' needs to become a descriptive tag.
tblue37
(68,426 posts)Wheezy
(1,763 posts)Have you watched My Octopus Teacher? Outstanding documentary on Netflix.
lynintenn
(812 posts)tblue37
(68,426 posts)tblue37
(68,426 posts)and they are better than chameleons at changing to match and disappear into their environment.
tblue37
(68,426 posts)dhill926
(16,953 posts)meanwhile the book "The Soul of an Octopus," by Sy Montgomery, is an amazing read...