TGIF Bonus: Cuttlefish Eats Octopus

By Dr. M, on April 10th, 2009

It is hard to know what to cheer for here

Eric

April 10, 2009 at 11:24 · Reply

Great video, octopus got distracted by the diver and paid the price, too bad it wasn’t a much bigger cuttle that ate the diver instead. Poor octo never stood a chance.

Seriously though it is also interesting to see the small octo shoot that spanner across the structure like that when it was done checking it out. Then at :26 you knew it was all over for the octopus since the cuttle had the classic hunting posture just prior to striking. I’m just surprised the octopus was so entirely distracted by the tools and diver that it didn’t catch that it was being stalked by a cuttlefish only what, 1-2 inches away? Wonderful creatures cuttlefish!!!
Elen

April 10, 2009 at 12:42 · Reply

I love this video. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Jives

April 10, 2009 at 20:40 · Reply

Here’s the catch. There was no diver.

Just another cuttlefish with a camera.
Jonathan

April 11, 2009 at 19:22 · Reply

What a stealth strike! Even the wrench couldn’t save that octopus…
Rob

April 11, 2009 at 20:04 · Reply

Where’d you find that gem of a video?
clayton

April 12, 2009 at 14:41 · Reply

Hard to tell, but seems like the cuttlefish was mimicking the floating debris seen elsewhere in the video.