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LynnTTT

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4. Octopus love

Reply to Baobab (Original post)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 07:45 PM

Apr 2016

My stepmother was a volunteer at Moat Marine in Sarasota. My Dad swore that an octopus was in love with his wife. And by golly, it would follow her from one side of the tank to wherever she was, would come from the back when she put her face up against the front and never moved until she left. And no, she was not feeding it.

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The great escape: Inky the octopus legs it to freedom from aquarium [View all] Baobab Apr 2016 OP

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This is the second story like this Ive read. Cephalopods are really smart. Baobab Apr 2016 #3

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I love waking up to good news early in the morning. In_The_Wind Apr 2016 #2

Octopus love LynnTTT Apr 2016 #4

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