Found an octopus in my pocket!

[surgeonfish]

Just thought I would share a little story from my Mexico trip last week.

On the first day of our holiday I took my little girls down to the beach for a walk. While exploring a tide pool, I found a seashell. I checked to make sure it wasn’t alive, than placed in my pocket. A few minutes later I put another shell in my pocket. To my surprise, there was something wet and slimy in my pocket. I thought it was going to by the foot from the live shell. However, it turned out to be a small octopus. I tried to place it back into the shell, but it just sat on the rim giving me the evil eye. I gently put him back in the ocean. I’m not sure how well he will survive that close to shore, but maybe he will swim out to deeper water.

I,m glad I was in Mexico, 1000 miles away from home, because I would have been so tempted to put him/her in my tank (although I know what caos that would cause).


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[deep_six]

that is too cool!:biggrin:

[Neil]

good thing it was mexico and not australia. A little blue ring in your pocket would certainly suck any fun out of your vacation.

[akos21]

well being dead kind of does that to any vacation, now doesn't it.. :razz:

[surgeonfish]

I agree. If I was in australia I definitely would not have taken it out of my pocket with my hands.

[justinl]

hahaha cool story. it's so cute! We have a baby octopus in my lab at work who i named squiggles.

[Delphinus]

Wow that is very cool. Not something that happens every day!!

When I was 11 and visiting my sister (who lives down under) I picked up a shell from a beach near Taronga Zoo and put it in my pocket. Although it wasn't a bluering octopus that turned out to be hitching a ride, just a hermit. :lol:

[Farrmanchu]

Very Cool, It'll be fine. He probably feasts on stuff trapped in the tide pools, and never goes out to the big open Sea.

[Murminator]

Glad it was no blue ringed octo :mrgreen:

[Coldwater]

It didnt bite you? When I was on the west coast of the island I picked up one in a tide pool and it was about the size of a quarter and started to feast on my hand. Little bugger wouldnt let go and bit me about six times:redface: ... so now he is in his own little aquarium.

Matt

[surgeonfish]

Matt
The little guy did not bite me, but sure stuck on to my hand when I took him out of my pocket. How is your octopus doing? Do you have a chiller on his tank?

[Coldwater]

Matt
The little guy did not bite me, but sure stuck on to my hand when I took him out of my pocket. How is your octopus doing? Do you have a chiller on his tank?

sorry to hijack your thread. But ya he is doing fine and eats alot. I dont have a chiller in his tank becuase it is right near a window and keeps the tank about 2 degrees warmer than the ocean. He will probaly be going back to the ocean soonish becuase it is a giant pacific octopus...:rolleyes: One of the wickedist animals that i have ever kept.

Matt

[Delphinus]

Dude you have to get some pictures up of that.

[Coldwater]

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c250/TheMatt277/corpraljigsorequandry002.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c250/TheMatt277/corpraljigsorequandry004.jpg

sorry i only have two kinda good quality ones but he will watch you forever and the second a camera comes out hes gone

Matt

[Delphinus]

That's amazing. How big is he?

[Coldwater]

about the size of a quarter

matt

[surgeonfish]

What are you feeding him?
He is so small you probably could keep him for awhile. However, I agree he will need to go back. I have played with some huge ones diving at the coast.

[Coldwater]

What are you feeding him?
He is so small you probably could keep him for awhile. However, I agree he will need to go back. I have played with some huge ones diving at the coast.

He eats the little itty-bitty hermit crabs and crabs. I have still yet to see an octopus when diving...

Matt

[Tarolisol]

Theres a rocket in my pocket...