octopus climbing out of tanks

"Charles Bishop" wrote in message
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"swarvegorilla" wrote:

"R H Draney" wrote in message
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swarvegorilla filted:

Actually the fact the octopus didn't slaughter the crustys is my
problem.
octopus love lobbys
which is why lobbys around here hang in caves with wobbys.
And wobbys love to eat ockys so it all works for every one.

Do you talk like this in real life or what?...

R H "and is there any treatment for it?" Draney


It's called 'Ocka' mate!
Only the chosen few can speak it, gods own t'would seem.
Now if you would prefer the laborious terms wobbegong, octopus and lobster
I can work it it,
but your just making it hard on yourself digger.

Mind translating wobbegong, just one more time, into a language closer to
English as she is spoke?

charles, mate, bishop

They are like big pretend looking sharks...
Only they are still sharks.
Have lots of little needle teeth.
That hurt.
If you are looking for lobbys under ledges it pays to drag the wobby (shark)
outta the way by the tail.
Only they can turn and bite their tail.
Now the horror storys are snorklers swimming over the things.... they hide
well ya see.... and the fookin shark right.... comes up and bites the poor
persons groin.
Now I ain't seen that, legend maybe.
But I have been stalked by big ones when I have had speared fishys, they
bully for a feed.
That said they are very easy to catch at night on handlines and a good feed
once ya do. Trick is using a nice big fishy as bait.
lots of trawlers set lines for them to get them scavenging and then sell
them to us fried with chips.
:-)
short answer 'ragged brown mottled looking shark things, 2 types and dwarf
variants but yea to about 2metres or so'
Oh yea.... and they LOVE eating octopus.

"R H Draney" wrote in message
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swarvegorilla filted:


"R H Draney" wrote in message
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swarvegorilla filted:

Actually the fact the octopus didn't slaughter the crustys is my
problem.
octopus love lobbys
which is why lobbys around here hang in caves with wobbys.
And wobbys love to eat ockys so it all works for every one.

Do you talk like this in real life or what?...

R H "and is there any treatment for it?" Draney


It's called 'Ocka' mate!
Only the chosen few can speak it, gods own t'would seem.
Now if you would prefer the laborious terms wobbegong, octopus and lobster
I can work it it,
but your just making it hard on yourself digger.

Figured it was something like that...it's just that the specific words you
used,
and so many of them in such a short space ("lobbys hang around with
wobbys, and
wobbys love to eat ockys") sounded like a cross between Dr Seuss and HP
Lovecraft....r


Hard not to put an 'E' on the end of stuff......
It's like smoking or something, makes ya look cool it does.

Seuss and Lovecraft are gods tho, I am but a mere man.... so far.




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On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, Pushmi-Pullyu wrote:

On Apr 15, 10:20 am, "Nehmo" wrote:
At this point, there's no evidence of fish missing or wet floors. Yes,
people make things up. And people often elaborate on a true fact. I
believe octopuses open lids of aquariums. That's plausible. But
steeling from another aquarium and returning to their own, I'm afraid
it's an urban myth.

I would like to believe otherwise. As soon as you find some evidence,
let me know please.


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"Nehmo" writes:

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?

It seems to be accepted in the literatu

Researchers and aquarists have reported octopuses escaping
captivity despite elaborate precautions (Anderson, 1997; Wood,
1994). One of the first papers was by Lee (1875), who reported
that Brighton aquarists were puzzled by disappearing lumpfish,
until one morning when the octopus was discovered in the lumpfish
tank. More recently, Boyle (1991) wrote, "Octopuses are
particularly prone to escape from aquarium tanks. Loose lids are
of little value because the octopuses will easily lift them and
push their way out of the tank" (p. 32).

James B. Wood and Roland C. Anderson, "Interspecific
Evaluation of Octopus Escape Behavior", _Journal of
Applied Animal Welfare Science_, 7(2),95-106, 2004.

The cited references are

Anderson, R.C. (1997). _Octopus dofleini_ and _O. rubescens_:
Animal husbandry. In M.A. Lang & F.G. Hochberg (Eds.),
_Proc. workshop on fishery and market potential of octopus in
California_ (pp. 141-149). Washington, DC: Smithsonian
Institution.

Boyle, P.R. (1983). _The UFAW handbook on the care and management
of cephalopods in the laboratory_. Potters Bar, England: UAFW.

Lee, H. (1875). _The octopus_. London: Chapman Hill.

Wood, J.B. (1994). Don't fear the raptor: An octopus in the home
aquarium. _Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine_, 17, 4.

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On Apr 17, 1:47 pm, "swarvegorilla"
wrote:

Hard not to put an 'E' on the end of stuff......

I was taught the way to tell antipodeans apart was that Kiwi's put 'e'
on the end of everything and 'Strines use 'o'.

i.e. vegies vs vegos, rellies vs rellos.

Have I been lied to?

Jared "hut for sux" Head

On 18 Apr 2007 17:35:41 -0700, Jared wrote:

On Apr 17, 1:47 pm, "swarvegorilla"
wrote:

Hard not to put an 'E' on the end of stuff......

I was taught the way to tell antipodeans apart was that Kiwi's put 'e'
on the end of everything and 'Strines use 'o'.

i.e. vegies vs vegos, rellies vs rellos.

Have I been lied to?

Jared "hut for sux" Head
Sounds like an Aussie/Kiwi indulging in a favourite pastime of
"humouring" a Yank (taking the p... out of?).

If you want to tell them apart, hold up six fingers & ask how many
fingers - on the rare occasions you get a straight answer, if you hear
six its an Aussie, sucks its a Kiwi.

Ken filted:

If you want to tell them apart, hold up six fingers & ask how many
fingers - on the rare occasions you get a straight answer, if you hear
six its an Aussie, sucks its a Kiwi.

Almost...the Aussie says sex....

R H "I seem to be one finger short" Draney


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On 18 Apr 2007 20:15:29 -0700, R H Draney
wrote:

Ken filted:

If you want to tell them apart, hold up six fingers & ask how many
fingers - on the rare occasions you get a straight answer, if you hear
six its an Aussie, sucks its a Kiwi.

Almost...the Aussie says sex....

R H "I seem to be one finger short" Draney
I said you had to get a straight answer!!!

Ken filted:

On 18 Apr 2007 20:15:29 -0700, R H Draney
wrote:

Ken filted:

If you want to tell them apart, hold up six fingers & ask how many
fingers - on the rare occasions you get a straight answer, if you hear
six its an Aussie, sucks its a Kiwi.

Almost...the Aussie says sex....

R H "I seem to be one finger short" Draney
I said you had to get a straight answer!!!

And the Texan answers "lessee -- about four, I think -- I didn't know I was
gonna have to do math"....r


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Lee Ayrton wrote:
On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, Pushmi-Pullyu wrote:
I would like to believe otherwise. As soon as you find some evidence,
let me know please.

Cynicism is the last refuge of the cynical.

Cynicism is the opiate of the disillusioned.

Cynicism plus chocolate is a lot easier to deal with than cynicism by its own
self.

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