Octopus Escapes

[DWhatley]

After a recent escape it occured to me that it would be helpful to keep a list of threads and incidences to easily find escapes, causes and results. I will hunt up some of the ones already posted and add individual links back to the threads but feel free to record or link experiences.

Phew, there are a lot more escapes than I remembered and just about every species we typically see represented. Oddly I have not found a mercatoris yet and one paper listed them high in the escape category.

 

[DWhatley]

O. Bimaculoides, Female (Isis) - sk252006

Isis pushed open her lid and was found crawling on the floor.

 

[DWhatley]

O. Hummelincki, Male (Octane) - dwhatley

Octane's first escape was traumatic to both of us. He climbed out of the right side of the tank while I was cleaning the left. He led me on a merry chase and actually climbed the wall at one point. There were no lasting ill effects from the incident.

His second escape was only a contained visit to the open lid and is video here.

His fatal escape occured during an absent minded extra water change.{/URL] Sadly, I left the top open during one of these unscheduled changes and Octane woke up and escaped unwatched. The amount of time out of the water was unknown and the ceiling fan added to the complications. He died the next night.

 

[DWhatley]

A. Aculeatus - paradox

Octopus pushed open the tank top and exited the tank. It was found crawling on the floor and had to be retrieved from under the bed. The incident is journaled here.

 

[CaptFish]

Didn't Mr. Octopus have some adventures out of the water, or is that just in Nancy's and Colin's Book?

 

[DWhatley]

O. Bimaculoides, Male - DHyslop

Mr. Octopus was allowed supervised excursions on the outside of his tank on occassion after finding the floor once on his own. Unfortunately the videos are with Mr. Octopus INSIDE the tank.

(Thanks CF, I had totally forgotten about that one)

 

[SabrinaR]

Jean listed a story about one of the octos at the aquarium getting out and going up the stairs... I just read that yesterday. Also on Parodox thread on the 3 page but I dont know if that applies here cause it wasnt one of our octos.

BTW thank you for this... Its a great idea.

 

[DWhatley]

P. Cordiformis - Jean Portobello Teaching Aquarium

Jean's octos count as "our octopuses" and when she journals them there are links added to the list of our octopuses 20xx but she has been a bit remiss lately. I saw the post on Paradox's thread but somewhere she has an expanded version that I was going to try to find but it appears people are shopping heavily tonight and the internet is flakey.

Ok, I found one of Jean's original story tellings about Harry (actualy there are a couple on the thread as well as some urban legend type escape stories)

And one this year about Fidgety Fred who was eventually released because he kept escaping to the drain.

 

[DWhatley]

O. Briareus (Octavius) - Krakilin

Kraklin detemined that Octavius must have escaped during a water change when he left the tank only for a few minutes. Since Octavius was still very shy, not seeing him did not start an immediate search.

 

[DWhatley]

O. Briareus (Achilles) - dreadhead

Achilles was found dead under his tank. It was never determined how he escaped