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Okay, this is a weird one.
Grant Keddie, Curator of Archaeology at the Royal British Columbia Museum, authored "Hunting the Devil," a paper for the Museum about the octopus hunting practices of BC's indigenous tribes. It's clear, authoritative and a very good read about an unfamiliar subject. Click here to read "Hunting the Devil." Keddie winds up the piece with a real corker, though:
"Among the stories about octopuses, there is an interesting one that shows that they also were able to recognize a good protein source. The Victoria Daily Colonist of December 24, 1888 reports in "In the Grasp of a Devilfish" that the body of T. J. Hughes, who had "evidently drown," was found floating in Puget Sound "clasped in the embrace of a huge octopus."
Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?
Clem
Grant Keddie, Curator of Archaeology at the Royal British Columbia Museum, authored "Hunting the Devil," a paper for the Museum about the octopus hunting practices of BC's indigenous tribes. It's clear, authoritative and a very good read about an unfamiliar subject. Click here to read "Hunting the Devil." Keddie winds up the piece with a real corker, though:
"Among the stories about octopuses, there is an interesting one that shows that they also were able to recognize a good protein source. The Victoria Daily Colonist of December 24, 1888 reports in "In the Grasp of a Devilfish" that the body of T. J. Hughes, who had "evidently drown," was found floating in Puget Sound "clasped in the embrace of a huge octopus."
Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?
Clem