One of the most intelligent creatures in the animal kingdom. They can learn how to open/unscrew jars to get to food inside...or screw the lid off from the inside: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL3M_DcO6wk
There are stories of octopuses in aquariums that have escaped their tank at night, travelled to other tanks for a midnight snack, then returned to their tank before morning. While others (or at least one) have escaped their enclosure and the aquarium entirely to return to the sea: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/world/asia/inky-octopus-new-zealand-aquarium.html
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One of the most intelligent creatures in the animal kingdom. They can learn how to open/unscrew jars to get to food inside...or screw the lid off from the inside: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL3M_DcO6wk
There are stories of octopuses in aquariums that have escaped their tank at night, travelled to other tanks for a midnight snack, then returned to their tank before morning. While others (or at least one) have escaped their enclosure and the aquarium entirely to return to the sea: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/world/asia/inky-octopus-new-zealand-aquarium.html