Otto's Big Adventure

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal on November 10, 2008 at 9:36 am


We knew octopuses were intelligent, but this one is telling us something! Otto lives in at the Sea Star Aquarium in Coburg, Germany. The staff was baffled by mysterious short circuits in the night, and posted guards overnight to see what was causing the problem. One the third night, they found out it was all Otto’s fault.

“We knew that he was bored as the aquarium is closed for winter, and at two feet, seven inches Otto had discovered he was big enough to swing onto the edge of his tank and shoot out the 2000 Watt spot light above him with a carefully directed jet of water.”

Director Elfriede Kummer who witnessed the act said: “We’ve put the light a bit higher now so he shouldn’t be able to reach it. But Otto is constantly craving for attention and always comes up with new stunts so we have realised we will have to keep more careful eye on him – and also perhaps give him a few more toys to play with.

Link -Thanks, Johnny Cat!


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14 comments to "Otto's Big Adventure"

  1. Him
    November 10th, 2008 at 10:35 am

    Wow, I'd pay good money to see that...

  2. Guido
    November 10th, 2008 at 10:53 am

    I'm not surprised. I do eat all kinds of meat, but I don't eat octopus, or any kind of cephalopod.

  3. renderanything
    November 10th, 2008 at 11:15 am

    Anyone have any idea what an octopus toy looks like? I'd guess just durable geometric shapes, but who knows.

  4. Miss Cellania
    November 10th, 2008 at 11:20 am

    It looks like this:

    http://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/08/octopuses-play-with-rubiks-cubes/

    or this:

    http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/11/octopus-loves-his-mr-potato-head/

  5. Martini
    November 10th, 2008 at 11:55 am

    Aw, maybe the poor guy just needed some sleep and the light was keeping him up.

  6. Johnny Cat
    November 10th, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    I was tickled to hear he also juggled hermit crabs and threw rocks at the tank glass, cracking it.

  7. Hilary Farlow
    November 10th, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    This is amazing!!! I heard that Octopi are more intelligent than dogs!

  8. jmo
    November 10th, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    That octopus sounds so bored; locked up by itself, alone for the winter -- no longer its causing trouble, it sounds like Otto is in solitary confinement!

  9. sw
    November 10th, 2008 at 1:46 pm

    poor otto :( maybe they should give him some ikea furniture to assemble.

  10. Rocky Rook
    November 10th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    Maybe they should give Otto an Octopussy. Sorry ... 007 is on the mind.

  11. Ali S.
    November 10th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    I think he either needs a playmate or a bigger tank with more stuff to do. Perhaps, they may even get a volunteer diver to swim in said tank to keep Otto company?

  12. cheechman85
    November 10th, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    Maybe he just likes the dark...

  13. DOJ
    November 10th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    @Martini - haha, perfect

  14. Tempscire
    November 11th, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    Truly, octopuses are the most amazing of the cephalopods.


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