Octopus slips out of aquarium tank, crawls across floor, escapes down pipe to ocean

[EspressoBuzz]

Octopus slips out of aquarium tank, crawls across floor, escapes down pipe to ocean

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/04/13/octopus-slips-out-of-aquarium-tank-crawls-across-floor-escapes-down-pipe-to-ocean/

 

Inky the octopus didn’t even try to cover his tracks.

By the time the staff at New Zealand’s National Aquarium noticed that he was missing, telltale suction cup prints were the main clue to an easily solved mystery.

Inky had said see ya to his tank-mate, slipped through a gap left by maintenance workers at the top of his enclosure and, as evidenced by the tracks, made his way across the floor to a six-inch-wide drain. He squeezed his football-sized body in — octopuses are very malleable, aquarium manager Rob Yarrall told the New Zealand website Stuff — and made a break for the Pacific.

[DirtTime]

Have you lost your mind or is there some point you are trying to prove with all these random threads? 

[EspressoBuzz]

I thought someones sushi had escaped!

 

Seriously, I've been posting interesting animal and science articles I thought others might find interesting. Did i post this in the wrong place?

[DirtTime]

Nope, not as far as I see. Just asking what was going on. Carry on young man. May the road you are on lead to the answers you seek.

[wooly]

I had some octo-pie (that's the plural form of octo-pussies) escape from my apartment one time years ago...

I'd like to believe they made their way back to the bottom of the sea, but the suction cup footprints ended in the parking right next to two tracks of burnt rubber,lol

[Skillet]

I thought it was a cool story, Buzz. Thanks for sharing.

[mike rossi]

Excellent post, thanks for sharing!

[Curmudgeon]

Have you lost your mind or is there some point you are trying to prove with all these random threads? 

 

I love that Papist "liked" this comment. Irony is not dead.

 

[DirtTime]

Hey, I can't control who likes what I post and who doesn't. It is what it is.

 

I was just asking as Espresso seems to be posting some pretty eradic threads. Some of them, like this one are a nice change from the political arguments. I meant no insult or disrespect. Just a question. 

 

[Curmudgeon]

Hey, I can't control who likes what I post and who doesn't. It is what it is.

 

I was just asking as Espresso seems to be posting some pretty eradic threads. Some of them, like this one are a nice change from the political arguments. I meant no insult or disrespect. Just a question. 

 

Rob -

 

All is well. Papist just hasn't been making me smile as much lately. He did with that one.