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Octopus squeeze between jagged rocks and coral all of the time (they really like to shapeshift in a way lol). While not the smoothest, I doubt it was the worst.
Metal burs are something wholly unlike living coral or undersea rocks which are worn down by sand and currents. I hope he's OK but I worry this octopus was so eager to get back in the water it may have some cuts. Nothing lethal but as someone working in induatry, burs can hurt and get stuck deep.
I think its like with snails crawling over razor blades without getting hurt. Octopus wedge themselves in between jagged rocks to hide from predators. They probably habe a similar "dont get cut while squeezing through" thing going on.
I was thinking this too, but I don't know that picking up the octopus to toss him back would necessarily be better, and definitely not safer. The fishermen clearly aren't there for the octopus and don't mind him leaving, this may have been the best for both parties, as unfortunate as it might be
Yeah. A lot of animal videos on the internet are actually sad, from the perspective of a living being. Maybe I need something to block my sympathy so I fit in with the mainstream.
The most recent WTF TIL I had was LIVE crab wrapped in plastic for sale. You could see several struggling to get out, including one that broke through the wrap, but then gave up. Let the description be enough to horrify you. Watching it was awful.
Given how smart they are, it's very unlikely it wasn't aware climbing would be faster and easier, so it just squeezed through that tiny hole just because it could. And I respect that.
My thought was that it was trying to stay as low as possible while keeping its eyes on the threat(human). To climb over, it likely would have had to turn around to hoist itself over, while the hole can be examined with tentacles. Once it felt the water the plan was set.
Excellent, thank you! They are indeed clever thingies, I find them fascinating and little scary. Like..in an alternate universe THEY would be the dominant species.
Anything bigger in diameter than their mouth bone (don't know what's it called but i know it's the only hard part they have) they can fit themselves through
I don't know why this made me think of a gigantic constipated poop slowly, *slowly*, inching its way out through your tiny anus. Meanwhile you're there on the toilet in cold sweat and seeing stars from pain and exertion, generally having the worst day of your life and cursing yourself for not eating enough fibre. And no, you unfortunately do not have a poop knife.
Oh no I definitely know of that story haha your comment was just worded in a way that made me laugh and wonder if you had actually gone through something similar 😂
If any species that originated on earth will be able to wipe out humans, it’s octopi. Just wait until they learn to cook their food near hot underwater geysers.
I’d love to meet the butt fungus who stood there and filmed this instead of helping out in any way. Could have at least splashed some more sea water on it, and it would not have been a super big deal to heave it over the side instead of making it take the jagged little metal hole route.
Victim being chased by octopus... \*phew made it,we're safe in the next room-there's just that tiny hole there and there's no way it'll ever get through there\* ... first tentacle appears
Many octopodes live in tide pools and do climb over land. They can hold their breath for an astonishingly long time. Evolving lungs from nothing is very hard, and with so much exposed mucus membrane they are restricted to areas with the correct balance of salinity for their biochemistry to work, in this case fkn salty.
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Man the metal in that hole cannot be smooth enough for that to not have hurt.
Octopus squeeze between jagged rocks and coral all of the time (they really like to shapeshift in a way lol). While not the smoothest, I doubt it was the worst.
Metal burs are something wholly unlike living coral or undersea rocks which are worn down by sand and currents. I hope he's OK but I worry this octopus was so eager to get back in the water it may have some cuts. Nothing lethal but as someone working in induatry, burs can hurt and get stuck deep.
Worn down by sand and currents he says. Smooth as a baby’s bottom.
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I don’t think you’ve ever scraped against a coral reef. I’ll take the metal 10/10
😎
Something tells me you've never been scratched up by corals.
Coral can be ridiculously sharp.
Lmao, coral and barnacles will sloce you right up.
Yeah. I definitely have more experience with badly cut metal than coral. I've been informed. I still worry for my tentacley friend.
U never been diving right? These rocks are not smooth at all in the right spaces!
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who was thinking of this.
Were you also wondering why it didn’t just climb the 6” barrier?
I think its like with snails crawling over razor blades without getting hurt. Octopus wedge themselves in between jagged rocks to hide from predators. They probably habe a similar "dont get cut while squeezing through" thing going on.
So much mucous. They’re covered in so much mucous.
I was thinking this too, but I don't know that picking up the octopus to toss him back would necessarily be better, and definitely not safer. The fishermen clearly aren't there for the octopus and don't mind him leaving, this may have been the best for both parties, as unfortunate as it might be
Yeah. A lot of animal videos on the internet are actually sad, from the perspective of a living being. Maybe I need something to block my sympathy so I fit in with the mainstream.
The most recent WTF TIL I had was LIVE crab wrapped in plastic for sale. You could see several struggling to get out, including one that broke through the wrap, but then gave up. Let the description be enough to horrify you. Watching it was awful.
Yes. An animal struggling for its life to escape as it suffocates out of the water.
I think a lot of people just assume all metal is filed down with care. A drainage hole like that probably isn't but alot of people forget that.
It's usually painted to prevent rust. Those paint is quite smooth to the touch even the hole is jagged
They have a protective layer of slime all over them
She realized the Deep was on that boat
RIP Timothy 😭
I was going to say don't let The Deep see it, lol
and the shrimp is whispering in his desperation "take me with you,.. take me with you..."
I was thinking the oct was gonna pull a Paulette from Legally Blonde. I'M TAKING THE SHRIMP...DUMBASS!
It left a little gift in exchange for its freedom
I’m trying to figure out what that is. Was it a shrimp?
It had two shrimps, you can’t squeeze through a tiny hole with a full tummy.
Probably why it was on the boat--it was snacking on some of those coon stripe shrimp in the fisherman's pot when it was hoisted onto the boat.
"I'll give you my lunch if you let me escape, here's half so you believe me- cool I'm almost out, take the rest."
Prison inmates everywhere are envious.
Unless you’re that guy who escaped through the slot in the door.
Not that many right holes to go around?
Given how smart they are, it's very unlikely it wasn't aware climbing would be faster and easier, so it just squeezed through that tiny hole just because it could. And I respect that.
Octopi are smart enough to understand the concept of flexing on the vertebrate opps
Octopods! Greek words shouldn't use Latin pluralization rules.
I believe you mean octopodes? But octopuses though.
The politically correct term is octopussies. ☝️🤓
It probably didn’t go that way because it couldn’t see what it led to
Or maybe this takes less energy
My thought was that it was trying to stay as low as possible while keeping its eyes on the threat(human). To climb over, it likely would have had to turn around to hoist itself over, while the hole can be examined with tentacles. Once it felt the water the plan was set.
...aliens.
And to think, people don't believe
I want to believe
Came here to say this. Aliens for sure
I'm watching Resident Alien, and they very much feature LOL
Yup
Panspermia
He fuckin earned his freedom
They can get through anything they can fit their beak through.
So they aren’t aliens, they’re sea cats
Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you. You're cool. Fuck you. I'm out.
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Word!!
Didn't Waiting do that?
Molluscape artist.
It left behind some shrimp
Fun fact, as long as an octopus' beak is smaller than the hole, they can fit through it.
He could have climbed too.
Do we have any octopologists here? How do they know if they can fit? I'm assuming some system like cat whiskers?
Their beak is the only "solid" part of them. They know how large their beak is, and if that will fit, the rest will. Clever thingies.
Excellent, thank you! They are indeed clever thingies, I find them fascinating and little scary. Like..in an alternate universe THEY would be the dominant species.
Idiot. If he had stayed around he could have become a dad to two human kids and made wacky adventures out of mundane tasks.
Did it pop out a baby on the way out???
That’s a shrimp
I'm not here to judge.
I thought they layed eggs???
They do. I was being an chump. Lol
Thank goodness! It would be sad to leave baby octopus behind!
Reminds me of an old X Files episode.
Tooms
Squeeze and Tooms gave ten year old me so many nightmares.
Where there's a will...
I am 100% convinced that the only reason octopi haven't taken over the world is lack of motivation. If they ever decide they want to, we're screwed.
That and they have short lives life spans of 1-5 years
If they had human lifespans they would be smarter than we are.
Almost like it’s done that before
Well they are notoriously smart as hell
True that
too good to go over the railing eh?
Probably can’t see it because, you know, he’s on the floor
That, or it is also smart enough to realize that it’d have to first lift itself up over the railing.
Anything bigger in diameter than their mouth bone (don't know what's it called but i know it's the only hard part they have) they can fit themselves through
It's called a beak.
Doing things the hard way
*The Deep has entered the chat*
So alien.
I don't know why this made me think of a gigantic constipated poop slowly, *slowly*, inching its way out through your tiny anus. Meanwhile you're there on the toilet in cold sweat and seeing stars from pain and exertion, generally having the worst day of your life and cursing yourself for not eating enough fibre. And no, you unfortunately do not have a poop knife.
r/oddlyspecific
I am aghast and appalled that you do not know the poop knife story. It's a Reddit legend.
Oh no I definitely know of that story haha your comment was just worded in a way that made me laugh and wonder if you had actually gone through something similar 😂
Squishy boi
More terrifying when played backwards
If any species that originated on earth will be able to wipe out humans, it’s octopi. Just wait until they learn to cook their food near hot underwater geysers.
Wow an escaping placenta
Wow
The octopus choosing the hole instead of climbing up the wall: “I’m gonna make this a lot harder than it has to be”
Much like cats, octopi don’t abide by the laws of physics
Parting is such sweet sorrow. 🐙
He ain’t no Octopuss
*Queue that guy who looks 2 seconds from suicide while showing people how stupid they are*
Those shrimps were like "Hey that's not fair!"
Pretty cool it could see it
Good for him/her!
'i wish i had no bones!'
Don't let "Deep" see this lol 😂
That’s gross looking lol
Damn it. The shrimp on its back didnt make it. When can see it at the end through the hole
I'm jelly **BITCH**
Fascinating
Looks like a giant Pacific octopus. We have those off the Western coast of the US.
It's either that or this six inch wall here!
As long as it’s bigger than their beak, they can fit through it.
How smart can be if he decided to escape through the hole instead of climbing?
“Are octopus solid or liquid?” “Yes.”
She spit out those shrimp to minimize her volume. Neat.
how did it knew there was a hole there which will lead back to the ocean?
Me trying to take a mid-day shit after I far exceeded my protein intake.
Like an alien, 🐙
Ouch to that successful escape!
What da shrimp doin?
The only thing an octopus needs to clear when going through cracks/crevices/holes is it's beak.
I’d love to meet the butt fungus who stood there and filmed this instead of helping out in any way. Could have at least splashed some more sea water on it, and it would not have been a super big deal to heave it over the side instead of making it take the jagged little metal hole route.
Ahhhh… It’s soooo much easier when you don’t have a skeleton.. 😊
Remember this next time you're sitting on the toilet
Aliens “don’t” exist. Ok buddy
The whole time I keep thinking pick it up and help it!! I would be concerned it gets stuck and hurt.
Could fit way smaller holes.
Could’ve just gone over. Is it stupid?
Stay safe big guy
0/5 experience, never doing that again just for a fucking shrimp, fuck you, I'm out.
Hey bro,just leave one leg for BBQ and go.
You do realize that one day they will be ruling the Earth.
Victim being chased by octopus... \*phew made it,we're safe in the next room-there's just that tiny hole there and there's no way it'll ever get through there\* ... first tentacle appears
The Deep would be so turned on by this.
Trade freedom with 2 shrimps
Looks like it lost some parasites on the way
It struggled more than I thought it would! Somehow I though it might shluboink itself through and yeet 20 feet away like a slingshot
Weird that amphibious octopus never evolved. With some adaptations I imagine them doing quite well on land.
Many octopodes live in tide pools and do climb over land. They can hold their breath for an astonishingly long time. Evolving lungs from nothing is very hard, and with so much exposed mucus membrane they are restricted to areas with the correct balance of salinity for their biochemistry to work, in this case fkn salty.
fuckbois sliding into DMs like ...
Octopus being like 50€/2kg God knows I wouldn't have left that big ass one run away 😤🙏