TGIF Bonus: Cuttlefish Eats Octopus
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Date Posted: April 10, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Date Posted: April 10, 2009 at 11:07 AM
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April 10, 2009 at 11:24 AMEric
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!!!
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April 10, 2009 at 12:42 PMElen
I love this video. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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April 10, 2009 at 8:40 PMJives
Here’s the catch. There was no diver.
Just another cuttlefish with a camera.
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April 11, 2009 at 7:22 PMJonathan
What a stealth strike! Even the wrench couldn’t save that octopus…
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April 11, 2009 at 8:04 PMRob
Where’d you find that gem of a video?
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April 12, 2009 at 2:41 PMclayton
Hard to tell, but seems like the cuttlefish was mimicking the floating debris seen elsewhere in the video.
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