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This was taken from on of our Aussie Daily papers Sept 04

Port Phillip bay is in Victoria and only a few minutes drive for me to be there.

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I thought Octo mothers died after they laid eggs? Is that just a myth?

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Many species of squid do, not octopuses, though (at least to my knowledge).

I was watching animal planet about extreme moms and octopuses most often die after their babies go on thier way. they said it was because they fasted while the eggs were developing leaving them to week to fight off predators, but it didnt say if it was true for all octopuses.

Ah yes, my bad. Apparently octopus females do die after giving birth, at least a good number of them.

That is a fascinating article...of course I'm not sure it would have a positive effect on littering.

So, could you make the argument that by drinking and tossing, you're helping preserve a species?

Well it seems that in an quarium setting that feeding them wouldn't be hard, so maybe they live longer.

It's a shame that they have such short lifespans, because they are as intelligent as many of the higher mammals (ie felines, lemurs, etc).

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Yes, I've heard that octopuses are so intelligent that they would have developed civilization by now if it weren't for their short lifespans.

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They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes,
They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver,
So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.

Lads n Lasses,
your forgetting one thing, fish lay eggs in plant pots, filters, sides of glass etc.They will use what ever means is available to them, as for dying when done, sorry im ignorant to that info.

"Lads n Lasses,
your forgetting one thing, fish lay eggs in plant pots, filters, sides of glass etc.They will use what ever means is available to them, as for dying when done, sorry im ignorant to that info. "

(Not trying to be offensive or start an argument!)Octopus are pretty amazing creatures. They can camoflauge to almost any setting, swim pretty quickly, and have no bones so can basically fit through a VERY small hole or crevice. I guess nature gave them short lifespans just to keep them in track with other beings, otherwise there would be a "heck-of-uh-lotta" octopuses. They actually can stay on damp/wet land for short amounts of time.

And you forgot some fish do die after spawning (i.e salmon). Haha and sorry for saying this, but some fish are pretty darn stupid.

I dont understand how they can fit in a small beer bottle.

It seems that the mass of the animal is far to great to fit in such a small place (I do know they can fit through small things, not stuff themselvs up the size of a quarter)

i dont' know about this particular type of octopus, but some species are quite small. victim - you may be thinking of the large species of octopus, and i'd agree with you - i doubt they could fit in a beer bottle. but perhaps this one isn't very big

If you had no bones, you could fit through just about anything. A Pac. giant octo can squeeze through a pipe only a few inches in diameter.

They are very intelligent.
I remember hearing a story (true apparently)about an octopus in a tank in a laboratory with crabs in a tank beside it.
The crabs kept mysteriously disappearing so they set up a camera and found out that one of the octopus was getting out of it's tank, somehow managing to get into the tank with the crabs, making a meal of the crabs and getting back to it's own tank
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