tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post2220683571472509447..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Ignore the Octopus at your peril!Janet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-9721170166823966732008-11-02T22:14:00.000-05:002008-11-02T22:14:00.000-05:00I saw a documentary where an octopus unscrewed the...I saw a documentary where an octopus unscrewed the lid off a glass jar to get at the treat inside.Sandra Cormierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00231342310371529022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-47070061139842973482008-11-02T13:27:00.000-05:002008-11-02T13:27:00.000-05:00Strange creature acts. Here, we had a thief steali...Strange creature acts. Here, we had a thief stealing all the coins from the coin changer of a car wash. It baffled police for weeks. They finally installed a video cam and caught the perpetrator--a crow; the bird was breaking into the coin box each night and carrying off the (shinys) for nesting.The Unbreakable Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07053882378647244491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-18922864550508704662008-11-01T18:57:00.000-04:002008-11-01T18:57:00.000-04:00The octopus is far more intelligent than most peop...The octopus is far more intelligent than most people give them credit for. I think I read in some biology textbook that their brains never stop growing, or learning. <BR/><BR/>An average sized octopus can easily pass the same sort of problem solving intelligence tests that grey parrots do so well in, and large specimens are in a class of their own.acpaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13525784835577568805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-57230867170042214122008-11-01T18:55:00.000-04:002008-11-01T18:55:00.000-04:00Is it my imagination or does your assistant's expr...Is it my imagination or does your assistant's expression change every time I see it?<BR/><BR/>OMG verification word: flednose. Hmmm...Sandra Cormierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00231342310371529022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-33454398337374268942008-11-01T18:31:00.000-04:002008-11-01T18:31:00.000-04:00He just wants to get back to the big ole blue.*sha...He just wants to get back to the big ole blue.<BR/>*shark bait, ooh ha-ha*Ebony McKenna.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02724727996270658767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-6196063956984308842008-11-01T12:53:00.000-04:002008-11-01T12:53:00.000-04:00I love that at some point, an electrician had thes...I love that at some point, an electrician had these instructions: "You need to move the light above the tank higher... the octopus keeps shooting it out." Patrick Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05002265268335322310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-38058284311904463252008-11-01T10:21:00.000-04:002008-11-01T10:21:00.000-04:00That's amazing!I once heard a story of a octopus c...That's amazing!<BR/><BR/>I once heard a story of a octopus climbing out of his tank and using a bunch of tanks between his and the one he wanted to be in as stepping stones.<BR/><BR/>The owners couldn't figure out how he kept getting moved.painted deliveryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817126129850262709noreply@blogger.com