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kraken are awesome

roumeazroumeaz
edited June 2010 in General Chat
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dunno they have eight arms and realy are smart n stuff ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH_Z86mTjFk

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  • jeeno0142jeeno0142
    edited June 2010
    I quite like the idea that the Kraken is so big that sailors mistake it for an island, so when they land on it they are taken and eaten.

    I also think octopi in general are adorable things. And you're right, they are quite smart apparently!
  • HaydenHayden
    edited June 2010
    The drink's ingredients contain kraken ink.

    Along with tiger claws, manatee snot, ground phoenix beak, hair from the dog that bit you, T-rex feathers, dragon scales, megalodon skin, lochness monster spit and hair from Chuck Norris' beard.
  • TorTor
    edited June 2010
    :3
    D:
  • HaydenHayden
    edited June 2010
    Tor wrote: »
    :3
    D:

    They don't stay young forever. Don't buy a baby kraken as a pet.
  • jeeno0142jeeno0142
    edited June 2010
    Hayden wrote: »
    They don't stay young forever. Don't buy a baby kraken as a pet.

    I really did want an octopus as a pet, but after doing research I found that they only live for half a year. I really don't want to go through a broken heart every half a year so it's best I don't. Plus they require a lot of attention.

    @Tor: The first one is tugging on my heart strings...
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited June 2010
    At this aquarium that I went to once, the docent told us that the octopodes would open up their aquariums and escape into other aquariums to eat the other fish. Even putting bolts on the aquariums wouldn't stop them (they could unbolt them) so they had to put padlocks on all the octopus enclosures to prevent them from escaping.
  • taumeltaumel
    edited June 2010
    @Tor
    Nice pictures, the small kraken is cute and has some nice colours. I'm only counting seven arms.

    *update*
    I think i found the left arm. :O)
  • TorTor
    edited June 2010
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
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    Yeah, I found it really surprising when I found out that they can be quite clever... freakishly intelligent even. I think it's surprising because we can't imagine something with no spine having any significant level of intelligence :p
    taumel wrote: »
    I'm only counting seven arms.
    It's been attacked maybe? I've heard it's common for wild specimens to be missing an arm or two. They're generally okay with it and can regenerate the missing arms. I guess it's a defense mechanism just like some lizards that can lose their tail when attacked and regenerate it later; "you chomp on that while I run away".
  • jeeno0142jeeno0142
    edited June 2010
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    At this aquarium that I went to once, the docent told us that the octopodes would open up their aquariums and escape into other aquariums to eat the other fish. Even putting bolts on the aquariums wouldn't stop them (they could unbolt them) so they had to put padlocks on all the octopus enclosures to prevent them from escaping.

    I read about that, I also read that if you get a little container and put some live food in it then the octopus will figure out how the container opens so that it can obtain the food. I'd love to see that in action!
  • cw8cw8
    edited June 2010
    jeeno0142 wrote: »
    I read about that, I also read that if you get a little container and put some live food in it then the octopus will figure out how the container opens so that it can obtain the food. I'd love to see that in action!

    I had a pet Octopus once. It nearly climbed out of the fish tank through a circular hole at the top. The fish tank had a rock with a hole and a Marmite container which it can "live" in. It seem to prefer the Marmite container. Then when you add those thawed shrimp in the fish tank, it comes out and grabs them.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited June 2010
    cw8 wrote: »
    I had a pet Octopus once. It nearly climbed out of the fish tank through a circular hole at the top. The fish tank had a rock with a hole and a Marmite container which it can "live" in. It seem to prefer the Marmite container. Then when you add those thawed shrimp in the fish tank, it comes out and grabs them.

    OooH! How cute! Do you have any pictures?
  • cw8cw8
    edited June 2010
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    OooH! How cute! Do you have any pictures?

    Wow, that was like in 1993. lol
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited June 2010
    cw8 wrote: »
    Wow, that was like in 1993. lol

    Yeah, I guess that would be a little long to hold on to a picture of an octopus. :D
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited June 2010
    Sure, why not. They're awesome...
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