Yep, it's true. There are many accounts of octopus
climbing out of aquariums and eating from nearby
aquariums. And there are many reports of people
finding them flat on the floor, and they pick them
up with a spatula and put them back in the aquarium.

And there are also many incidences of fish jumping
out of aquariums, so I don't know why people would
be surprised for an octopus to climb out of the
aquarium :-)

At the same time there are reports of people keeping
octopus without any covering and claim that it never
got out. But then how do they know that it never got
out? :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


Nehmo wrote on 4/13/2007 3:44 AM:
There are mentions on the web of an octopus climbing out of a tank,
traveling across a dry surface, going into another tank, grabbing a
fish for a meal, and then returning to their home tank. Some web-
comments say there is a video that was on TV. But I haven't found
anything like it on the web. Is this behavior possible? Is this story
true?

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