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Giant Octopus Attacks Sub
Apostata writes "As reported by the CBC, 'Salmon researchers working on the Brooks Peninsula [British Columbia] were shocked last November when an octopus attacked their expensive and sensitive equipment.' Apparently it was caught on video, but no word on when/where it will be available. Apparently this is the first documented attack." Obviously the start of something bigger.
Phillipine Giant Octopus Attack in December 27 1989 read more http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bz050/goattack.html. And some intresting information about giant octopuses can be found here http://www.gabourgeois.com/giantocto.html
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Having done more than a bit of diving, I can tell you that many octopii are very curious creatures. They seem to come in two rather distinct varieties - the very shy ones that flee and the very curious that are quite willing to investigate your mask, tanks, etc. Many octopii are also very senstive to light and color. They seem to use color to communicate with each other. Depending on the type of octopii, many are quite sensitive to light, some being attracted to and some being repelled by it.
I'm also betting that these folks had all their little lights blazing, all their little tools humming, and lord only know what else. I'm sure that they attracted the thing. Most people don't realize that octopii have problem-solving intelligence. (It's the one thing that makes me feel guilty about eating them. I guess if they were smarter they'd find a way not to taste so good) Anyway, because they're smart, they also investigate odd things. As fragile as they look, they are suprisingly strong. I've had an octopus not much bigger than my hand nearly pull my regulator out of my mouth. I can only imagine what 100lb octopus is capable of. Frankly, I'm a bit surprised they have sub left. I would suggest investigating to see if they can find out what they did to initiate the incident and "don't do that anymore."
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I live on Vancouver Island, and the BBC knew about this before Slashdot. A minor newspaper in the UK picked up the story (at least from what I saw) a week ago, and since then it's hit (in order of my observation) BBC, then CNN, then CBC, then MyBC, then Slashdot.
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Interesting how the trend flows
Of course, the Chirac hoax went CBC->BBC->CNN, which is even more amusing
I saw one of the giant pacific octopus they have at the Seattle Aquarium in 2002. We were in Seattle for a football game, so I was wearing Vikings Purple and Gold, as the Octopus came out and looked us over, it would change to the colors of what it was looking at.
My girlfriend wearing gold and yellow, the critter takes a yellow hue, then purple when it looks at me, then grey and blue as it looks my friend over. Cool stuff.
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You can find the video at Google Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-700490962 2962894202&q=octopus+shark
The octopus in that video is deomstrating the same instinct as the octopus that attacked the sub.
http://www.lookatentertainment.com/v/v-1638.htm