So, please join in and share your Octopus stories, insight, observations, rumors, etc.
I'll start off with these two bits:
1. The use of Octopi as the plural of Octopus is incorrect because Octopus is greek (meaning: eight foot), but the use of 'i' for pluralization comes from latin. Using Latin conjugation on Greek words apparently annoys the word police. Using correct Greek conjugation you would get "Octopodes" which I doubt is going to get very far. Oh well. Maybe I should start saying 'Octopodes' just to bug people.
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2. When I was reading about the above I also ran across some aquarists discussing octopus husbandry (yes, I am having fun with this post.) and the many challenges involved in having an 8-legged genius carnivore as a pet. The most interesting thing they discussed was what they call "Shopping trips". This is where the smartest of their Octopodes (grin) would escape at night, make their way to other tanks, harvest some fish, mollusks, or crustaceans, and then return to their own tank (usually through a very tiny hole or by opening the lid of the tank (to get out AND in). Fascinating, isn't it?
Your turn.
-Ben