Comments on: TGIF Bonus: Cuttlefish Eats Octopus

By: clayton

clayton — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:41:51 +0000

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

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:04:52 +0000

Where’d you find that gem of a video?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:22:08 +0000

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

By: Jives

Jives — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:40:02 +0000

Here’s the catch. There was no diver.

Just another cuttlefish with a camera.

By: Elen

Elen — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:42:07 +0000

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

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:24:25 +0000

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!!!