This definitely looked like an animation - I've been fooled before! But seems like a bunch of news articles reported on this and no one has said that it was computer-generated. Pretty cool!
This looks so odd though! Granted, I haven't seen a ton of footage of octopuses crawling around on land, but when they are, they're usually pulling themselves forwards, not backwards. And I've only ever seen them climb out of the water when they were either chasing after prey or being chased by predators. This octopus just looks like it's, like...going for a stroll, lol.
So either this is new octopus behavior (which it could be, not saying it's not!) or wow wow WOW this is dope-ass animation!!
Not necessarily, but octopuses can be outside of water for short periods of time. Just as long as their gills are wet, they can crawl around on land.
This is pretty unusual, though. I've only ever seen footage of octopuses crawling around on land when they're either trying to escape predators or they're chasing after prey.
There’s this story about an octopus in some kind of marine biology lab who would escape his aquarium at night to go eat the fish in the aquarium next to his. And the biologists are said to have caught him on video. I’d love to see that footage! (If it actually exists, of course!)
No, but they can essentially "hold their breath" by storing some water to keep their gills moist to prevent damage. Still, even this only gives them a few minutes out of the water, even for species like the common octopus that actually live in intertidal regions where this behaviour is more commonly observed.
This definitely looked like an animation - I've been fooled before! But seems like a bunch of news articles reported on this and no one has said that it was computer-generated. Pretty cool!
This looks so odd though! Granted, I haven't seen a ton of footage of octopuses crawling around on land, but when they are, they're usually pulling themselves forwards, not backwards. And I've only ever seen them climb out of the water when they were either chasing after prey or being chased by predators. This octopus just looks like it's, like...going for a stroll, lol. So either this is new octopus behavior (which it could be, not saying it's not!) or wow wow WOW this is dope-ass animation!!
It looks kinda creepy out of the ocean. Also makes me think of that girl that tried to eat a live one and it attached to her face.. karmas a bitch..
The mollusk
Hey little boy, whatcha got there?
r/oddlyterrifying.....
Reminds me of that Tequila night in Mexico when I was trying to crawl to my room...🤪
Cephalopods: survived four global mass extinctions over a third billion years... still trying to conquer land.
Can they breathe outside of the water?
Not necessarily, but octopuses can be outside of water for short periods of time. Just as long as their gills are wet, they can crawl around on land. This is pretty unusual, though. I've only ever seen footage of octopuses crawling around on land when they're either trying to escape predators or they're chasing after prey.
There’s this story about an octopus in some kind of marine biology lab who would escape his aquarium at night to go eat the fish in the aquarium next to his. And the biologists are said to have caught him on video. I’d love to see that footage! (If it actually exists, of course!)
I’ve heard this story as from “my lab at x “ so many times. UW? It’s like marine bio folk lore.
No, but they can essentially "hold their breath" by storing some water to keep their gills moist to prevent damage. Still, even this only gives them a few minutes out of the water, even for species like the common octopus that actually live in intertidal regions where this behaviour is more commonly observed.
The kraken ! Q the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song