Octopus attacks research sub

[Gooberlx2]

http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/01/27/octopus060127.html

Hehe, that's pretty awesome. 45kg is almost 100lbs, that's a pretty large octo.

 

[Chelsey]

craziness!

 

[loup garou]

Where's Captain Nemo when you need him?

 

[OdiN]

WTF? How is that scary? It's not like he was IN the sub....

 

[Chompman]

It may have been curious, looking for a girlfriend

I guess that's one way to get one, attack them till they go down...

 

[Chompman]

Originally posted by: OdiN
WTF? How is that scary? It's not like he was IN the sub....

He said it costs $200,000 and it's not insured so yea that could had been why he was scared.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Old octopuses become what we call senescent, or senile, reaching the end of their life.

- M4H

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: Chompman

Originally posted by: OdiN
WTF? How is that scary? It's not like he was IN the sub....

He said it costs $200,000 and it's not insured so yea that could had been why he was scared.

That would be grounds for being concerned. The article made it sound like he himself was in danger.

 

[George P Burdell]

No one knows what caused the octopus to attack. It may have been curious, looking for a meal or a girlfriend, said Jim Cosgrove of the Royal B.C. Museum.

This octopus belongs in ATOT for sure.