ghostface Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7004909622962894202 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Thats a good clip. But it has been posted here about 3 or 4 times already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Well I've not seen it before! Anyway, very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 holy I've never seen that. They had a good write up on them in coral magazine. I like the look of the blue ringed one pity they are poisons. And if I remember all octopuses don't live that long? But are highly intelligent. They had one in the magazine that was about four times that size Scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelifaxNZ Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 WOW that is amazing! That Octopus must be huge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 When I was a schoolkid I heard a story that in some Pacific Island they caught large octopuses with "human bait". They would dive down & when the octopus grabbed them they would bite the octopus in some vital place that stunned it and make a powerful kick for the surface, we were told it was very dangerous. Never did find out if it was actually true though! But maybe!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrshanepaul Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Used to free dive for the babies when I was a teenager. They made good bait...and eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted January 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 apparently they only live a couple of years. would love to keep them, have seen 2 foot accross live ones for sale [as food for about $80 ] at the new fish markets in AK. supposed to be a right pain in the (x) to keep though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 The "correct" way to kill an octopus is to bite it between the eyes. They used to have wrestling contests with Giant Pacific Octopuses(the one in the video) near Seattle. They'd go down and squirt coppersulfate into their dens - and they would rush out and be pulled to the surface. The human bait thing was a myth- but they do grab on to people as they frantically search for a foothold. Man $80 for an octopus is pretty expensive. Three years max from egg to senescence (death), the ones in market are probably females - easier to catch and probably within 6 weeks of death. I've never eaten fully grown octopus, it would be pretty chewy I imagine. Apparantly their numbers have increased due to more human refuse in the sea- which makes good hiding places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 WOW that is amazing! That Octopus must be huge! Nah, it's probably about average size or even relatively small. That's a small shark. From the looks of it I'd bet it's less than 2 feet. It's just a baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted January 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 The "correct" way to kill an octopus is to bite it between the eyes. heheheheh thats some james bond business right there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 still a good video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrshanepaul Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 . I've never eaten fully grown octopus, it would be pretty chewy I imagine. Apparantly their numbers have increased due to more human refuse in the sea- which makes good hiding places. Even the babies have to be tenderised. But it is all in how you prepare and cook it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 I like the chewyness of the baby ones - but I was told that noone eats the big ones because they are really chewy. Do you just tenderise like you would a piece of meat? You can also make a pasta sauce out of the ink. (which has a tendency to make your "stools go black and tarry"according to the Brittish Medical Journal ) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 la pasta con la sepia, che schiffo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 ninguna manera, la salsa de pastas con el yum de yum de tinta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 hey googles translator thing kinda works 8) Amo el pulpo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 il vostro mum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 usted toma su bici de cualquier salto dulce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 carpie bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 that flippin crazy :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 SO feelers have you managed to find a octopus yet If i remember you wre gonna keep one right?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Yeah that was me, things are moving along slowly - at the moment I'm in Hawkes Bay for the holidays, and my tank's back down south. I did manage to buy a new (bigger) sump tank - so I can fit my new skimmer off Brian in there. So now I'll be able to have the bigger refugium I was after. I recently inherited an electric wheelchair (bizarre I know ) and it should be worth quite a bit, so I'll be using some of the money from that to get a chiller. Then I have to get my tank drilled and do all the plumbing - and then If I can be bothered I'll finish off building the stand. All my DIY rocks are still in the sea hopefully getting nice and "live". Actually I might be able to post some pics of when they were finished. Getting the octopus is the "easy" part, I have heaps to do. I dont think my tank is big enough for the bigger species P. Condiformis - but it is big enough for more than one of the smaller species O. warringa/huttoni. Which apparantly bite alot. (But stil should be cool) 8) Off way in the future I have hypothesized about a purpose built big hex tank for squid grown from eggs just like the squidcam one. It would make me the first hobbiest to do so. But thats a long way off. Of course this place has got me into the reefing idea too, so I still wanna do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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