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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
(17,911 posts)I never thought about what octopi eat, but I wouldn't have thought they eat crabs.
ariadne0614
(2,198 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
(17,911 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
(131,231 posts)The plural of the Greek word would be octopodes, not octopi, but we use the English plural form instead.
ariadne0614
(2,198 posts)Cirque du So-What
(29,885 posts)'Faster than an octopus' needs to become a descriptive tag.
tblue37
(68,449 posts)Wheezy
(1,763 posts)Have you watched My Octopus Teacher? Outstanding documentary on Netflix.
lynintenn
(813 posts)tblue37
(68,449 posts)tblue37
(68,449 posts)and they are better than chameleons at changing to match and disappear into their environment.
tblue37
(68,449 posts)dhill926
(16,953 posts)meanwhile the book "The Soul of an Octopus," by Sy Montgomery, is an amazing read...
lynintenn
(813 posts)wryter2000
(47,940 posts)tblue37
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