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When I was about 22 I worked as a naturalist at the Vancouver Aquarium (@vanaqua). As well as talking to people about the exhibits, putting on puppet shows, narrating beluga whale sessions, etc., I was on the dive team...
When I was about 22 I worked as a naturalist at the Vancouver Aquarium (@vanaqua). As well as talking to people about the exhibits, putting on puppet shows, narrating beluga whale sessions, etc., I was on the dive team...
Which meant that 1 or 2 times a day I'd be in the water w/ the sharks or the belugas, or most relevant to #WorldOctopusDay, the PNW (Pacific Northwest) tank.
One day on my way into the water, the aquarist who took care of the tank told me that he'd seen some parasites on the 🐙
One day on my way into the water, the aquarist who took care of the tank told me that he'd seen some parasites on the 🐙
(This was a male Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctupus dofleini, a species that can grow bigger than 200lbs, with an armspan of > 20 feet. I'm going by memory right now, but I'd guess this particular octopus was about 30lbs, and about 12 feet arm-to-arm) 
Humans of Twitter, today is #WorldOctopusDay. That can mean only one thing. It’s time for an octopus thread…
Octopus, it’s fair to say, are very weird creatures.
Some even argue that...
Happy #WorldOctopusDay!
If everyone knew how intelligent, capable, sneaky, social, empathetic, talented, curious, and emotional octopuses are, we would think twice before eating them.
Here’s a thread about the wonders of the octopus:
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If everyone knew how intelligent, capable, sneaky, social, empathetic, talented, curious, and emotional octopuses are, we would think twice before eating them.
Here’s a thread about the wonders of the octopus:
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Octopuses are so smart, they can watch a fellow octopus figure out to open a puzzle box with a crab inside—and then repeat the right steps in the right order to open the box themselves on the first try.
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Octopuses are sneaky. One aquarium-dweller was repeatedly sneaking out of his tank at night and into the fish tank, enjoying a meal, then sneaking back home.
Here’s a Houdini who can escape from inside a jar with the lid screwed on.
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Here’s a Houdini who can escape from inside a jar with the lid screwed on.
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It's #WorldOctopusDay, so here's a story. When I was about 22 I worked as a naturalist at the Vancouver Aquarium (@vanaqua)...
As well as talking to people about the exhibits, putting on puppet shows, narrating beluga whale sessions, etc., I was on the dive team...
Which meant that 1 or 2 times a day I'd be in the water with the sharks or the belugas, or most relevant to #WorldOctopusDay, the PNW tank
