Octopus filmed jumping out of water to catch and devour passing crab
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Version 0 of 1. Octopus are amazing creatures in many ways, but this remarkable video, recently captured by Porsche Indrisie in Yallingup, Western Australia, serendipitously captures a tide pool octopus doing something I never knew they could do: hunting on land. “I didn’t know why I chose to film this crab, but thought I would try and get closer to it but something else beat me to it”, writes Indrisie in the accompanying comment thread on YouTube. Apparently, this behaviour has been observed before, but it could be the first time it’s been captured on video. “The best and unexpected video I’ve ever captured!” says Indrisie, who, according to a comment in the YouTube comment thread, works as a seafood assistant for Burswood Seafood. “Holy shit!” Holy shit indeed. • GrrlScientist is very active on twitter @GrrlScientist and sometimes lurks on social media: facebook, G+, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. |