[Magdalen] Great octopus tonight!

[Lesley de Voil]

Make sure you (or Evan)  don't try anything with small octopi the next
time you come to OZ, Sally. The blue-ringed octopus (usually smaller
than the palm of your hand) has a very toxic venom. It is tempting to
pick it up but it will bite! Read the Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-ringed_octopus
I see this genus exists in the Indian Ocean. Do they come as far south
as where you are?

I agree, they are quite intelligent creatures.

Regards
Lesley de Voil

On 3/12/15, sally.davies at gmail.com <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I thought so. You could actually see it's thought process, "Oh crap,
> this is an even worse place, let me go back where I was before and take my
> chances". When moving across the floor of the pool the octopus was
> completely exposed, more so than in the deeper (but still exposed) area it
> had fled to, so it looked very much as though a costs/benefits calculation
> was going on!!
>
> I eventually persuaded a reluctant Evan to leave "Octo-bro" in peace under
> her rock. He's 13 now and has turned into a real teenager most of the time,
> but sometimes he's just the same as he has been since he could walk and
> talk, i.e. always ready to dramatise a situation and to turn anything into
> his new BFF.
>
> Sally D
> On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 at 22:34 Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> They are also highly intelligent.
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>> On 3/11/2015 4:18 PM, Grace Cangialosi 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
>>
>>
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