Octopus As A Pet?
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Does anyone have an octopus as a pet? Came across this YouTube video. They appear to be very intelligent and are absolutely fascinating to watch. Wondering how difficult they are to keep? How do you find one in a big tank if it's has gone into full stealth mode? as they appear to become totally invisible.
I remember i ordered octopus once in a restaurant,after waiting about 50 minutes for my meal i enquired to the flustered looking waiter what was taking so long,he apologised as the Octopus kept turning off the gas!
Would be a really interesting creature to keep though,but you would really need a massive tank i think,just to give it as much free space as possible.
Would be a really interesting creature to keep though,but you would really need a massive tank i think,just to give it as much free space as possible.
Aquariums keep them without total disaster so clearly captivity is in theory possible, but I'd be really worried about environment/enrichment stuff, pet cats mimic natural behaviour by pouncing on toys and drifting round corners on shiny wood floors and climbing stuff and the like, how would you make sure an octopus could do the cephalopod (?) equivalent?
I've heard some good stories about aquarium ones getting up to all kinds of mischief, mind - presumably when left to get bored - which could be amazingly messy/destructive in a house.
It's a nice thing to think about, they're brilliant and it'd be fascinating to be able to spend enough time with one to really get to know its behaviours and stuff. Leaves me wishing again I lived near a proper decent aquarium (the crappy little Trafford Centre sealife one definitely doesn't count).
I've heard some good stories about aquarium ones getting up to all kinds of mischief, mind - presumably when left to get bored - which could be amazingly messy/destructive in a house.
It's a nice thing to think about, they're brilliant and it'd be fascinating to be able to spend enough time with one to really get to know its behaviours and stuff. Leaves me wishing again I lived near a proper decent aquarium (the crappy little Trafford Centre sealife one definitely doesn't count).
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