[Magdalen] Great octopus tonight!

[sally.davies at gmail.com]

Last week we found one hiding under a rock when we were walking the beach
with Gryffin. Evan was thrilled though the octopus wasn't nearly as keen on
him. It tried to escape at one point, found that the rest of the shallow
rock pool was devoid of hiding places, and took itself back to the original
spot (I made Evan put the rock back). As you say, squeezing through a very
small space and then making itself look a similar colour and texture to the
surrounding stones. Remarkable.

Sally D
On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 at 22:20 Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> At an amazing Chinese luncheon prepared by the wife of a seminarian from
> Hong Kong, I found myself staring at one small tentacle on a bit of
> lettuce--all that was left of the salad. There was no way I could put those
> suction cups in my mouth, so I asked the classmate on my left if he would
> like it, and we made the transfer undetected.
> Yesterday someone posted a video on YouTube showing the amazing camouflage
> capabilities of octopus and another showing a rather large one passing
> through an incredibly small hole to get from a boat into the water. They
> certainly are odd creatures...
>
> > On Mar 10, 2015, at 10:41 PM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > While fixing pork chops for the rest of the family, I prepared baby
> octopus
> > in my pressure cooker for me.  This was frozen (and thawed first) and
> > already cleaned.  It came out very tender after 20 minutes.
> >
> > I'll be eating this for the next few days. Tonight I had it with lemon
> > juice and pilaf and sugar snaps.
> >
> > Kate
> >
> >
> > "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and
> walk
> > humbly with your God?"
> > Micah 6:8
>