Apart from getting stranded in a tidal pool, a recently-rescued octopus seems quite bright. (Well, for somebody related to slugs, anyway.) Einstein the octopus [sorry, linked page no longer available] has figured out how to open jars of food on his own. Once he'd emptied his first jar, he stuffed his whole self into the jar.
An article on the (American) National Wildlife Federation website says "Octopus literature is filled with tales of naturalists briefly leaving animals in open tanks and returning to find them scaling a bookcase, hiding in a teapot or expired on the carpet. Astonishingly compressible, an octopus can ooze through an opening no bigger than one of its eyeballs. "
Just imagine yourself, all ready to put water in your teapot, only to find the pot occupied by an octopus.
Posted on June 13, 2002 09:27 PM. Filed under: fun.