Three generations of octos!
Well, any of you in the northeast US I hope can sympathize with what we have been going through up here the last couple of weeks. I believe it has been confirmed that this has been our snowiest January on record. So, we are not as far along on our project as we would like, but the excitement of having three generations of octos together has prompted me to go ahead and add this post a little early. Thanks to Denise, we now have 3 very well preserved octos. Trapper, who we were blessed with a long time ago, Sisty, (gen 2), and most recently, Wiley, (gen 3)the cutest of all. Trapper is our most well preserved, Dwhatly did a phenomenal job. She looks fantastic. Sisty preserved nicely also, sprawled out in a way perfect for display, the color is a bit darker than that of Trapper, but nonetheless breathtaking to look at. Wiley is the cutest thing ever. All curled up in the most adorable manner, wrapped up in himself as if snuggling. All the little suckers in tact, he is smaller than the other two, and we have dubbed him the "baby". I am putting some photos below, these are preliminary. Dylan wants to add scenery to the jars of Sisty and Wiley. Trappers jar is smaller and leaves less room for habitat simulation. The jar that Sisty came in was nice and large and is perfect for adding things to. Dylan has found, conveniently enough, a purple octopus to put in with Sisty. Perhaps he thought she needed company. We also have put Wiley in a larger container to allow for decor. We have not done the final seal on Sisty or Wiley's containers yet, and will seal them in the same manner that we did Trapper's. All three octos are in 91% alcohol. Trapper has been comfortably resting in hers for a very long time, and it has worked well in this application. So, below are some photos. Trapper of course is in the "Vegas Showgirl" container, Sisty is in the shorter container with the white lid, and Wiley is in the taller container with the blue lid. I took a photo of Wiley from underneath so you could see all his curls
I apologize for the "flashiness" of the photos, the reflective properties of the containers make photography difficult, and being that they are cylindrical, the octos look a bit warped from some angles. I am going to continue taking photos and will post them or put them in an album. Thank you again to Dwhatley
I am going to put one or two additional posts behind this so as not to exceed the maxumum photo allowance on a post.