Octopus Escape!

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We caught this Octopus in a shrimp trap here in Alaska. It had crawled in through a 3 inch opening and terrorized our catch of spot prawns, killing and eating several of them, and then, attached itself to the bait jar and unscrewed the lid to open for dessert of prepared shrimp bait pellets! We decided to let this brilliant creature go (option was to eat it! ...yum!) as I respected it's intelligence and genius. We set it on the deck and let it "escape" on it's own... Cool fun with a sea creature! Camera used: Canon Vixia HF M31 HD....with a WP-V2 Waterproof Case.

More info about "Octopus Escape!" video:

1) Octopus in video is a Pacific Octopus:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Superorder: Octopodiformes
Order: Octopoda

2) Plural for octopus is octopuses or octopodes with octopuses being the accepted form in the US and UK. Octopi is generally not accepted as a pluralization, but when it is, it's second to octopuses.

3) Octopuses can survive out of saltwater from 30-60 minutes or so depending on atmospheric conditions. Moist n humid conditions longer and hot n dry sunshine much less! The octopus in this video was out of water for 5 minutes or so in wet conditions so it was in great shape when it returned on it's own to the sea...

4) Octopus have excellent eyesight* and can taste and smell with their arms (squid have tentacles) using suction cups equipped with chemoreceptors.

5) Music in video is composed by:Tilman Sillescu, Chris William Woods, and Scott P. Schreer.....titled "Take It Outside!" "Music Provided By www.freeplaymusic.com."

6) Comments deemed overly offensive with explicit and foul language won't be approved and the user will be unceremoniously blocked!

*Octopus eyes are so advanced that camera manufacturers have used their eyes as a model to improve the camera lens. Until recently, because of the curve of a camera's lens, the picture often blurred at the edges. To correct this, nicer camera models often contained up to eight lenses, which was both bulky and expensive. Yet by copying the structure of an octopus eye, which has several thin layers ­of multiple densities to bend and focus light, camera manufacturers were able to create a camera lens that can now produce a clear picture -- and the camera is cheaper to produce as well as smaller!

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[ParallaxView111]

Nova did a program on octopi. They are smarter than dogs and is some ways smarter than many human children. They can see something once and understand how to do it. I don't think people should eat them based on their intelligence.

[Capo2u]

Great point! I've read that and more about how amazing octopus are! ....thanks for sharing your opinion...d:)

[Capo2u]

You must be new to YouTube then!!! lol ....it get's way WAY worse, just keep clicking Dude! g:)

[ayemaya75]

Anyway, thanks again for your empathy towards the octopus. I just viewed some videos in Korea, and was made sick by their horrific treatment of these awesome, intelligent beings.

[Capo2u]

Seriously...you're feeling.labeled? Pretty thin skinned and sensitive you are...whatever your ethnicity! I think Koreans who eat octopus and squid alive are kooky, just like Australians, French, Russians, Spanish, and YES, AMERICANS are kooky too in my opinion for eating octopus and squid raw and/or alive. Not a western standard...just my personal one, and I'm not imposing it on anyone, just sharing my opinion. I hope that's OK with you...if not, I bet you can guess what I'll say next...d:)

[15kwakmatthew]

nobody should be labeled "anything" for something that they eat. most likely it is a western standard that you are imposing upon the people of my ethnicity

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[Capo2u]

Nope...I ain't saying they shouldn't eat them...I just think they're "kooky" for eating them (octopus and squid) ALIVE, or even half-alive, partially cooked and with the reproductive organs still viable.

[15kwakmatthew]

so are you saying that koreans shouldn't eat them?

[LuvCoolBreeze]

I'm glad they let the octopus go... :)

[Capo2u]

Excellent observation and comment! I was hoping for one myself in fact... I believe the octopus likely inked himself on the way up while still in the trap...and had no ink left to give...d:)

[Sena76983]

I was really expecting a parting ink shot

[trickmcgraw]

Octopi are so fascinating