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!

[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.

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

[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.