I had a biology teacher that told us this story about an octopus at an aquarium in Australia. The staff were concerned because their population of crustaceans kept disappearing. No bodies or anything. So they checked the video feed to find out what’s up.
Across from the the crustacean tank was a small octopus tank. This little fucker squeezed out of a tiny hole at the top of his tank, walk across the hall, and get into the crustacean tank. He would then hunt and eat. After he was done, he crawled back out and get back in his tank
Here’s the kicker: security guards patrolled the area. The staff realized that the octopus had memorized the security’s routine. It would escape and be back between the guards’ round.
My friend who worked at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska had a similar story. Rare fish were disappearing, they suspected theft, and so set up a camera. An octopus was unlocking the top of its tank, walking across the suspended walkway, unlocking the other tank, eating his fill, re-locking the other tank, then re-locking its own tank.
I can’t remember what zoo this happened at, but there was another octopus somewhere who was unscrewing a water valve in the room where its tank was located and routinely flooding the place. The staffers had no idea what it was until they filmed the octopus caught in the act.
RELEASE THE KRAKEN!! But, sir, it has already released itself!
My dad worked in a lab and one of the rooms had a tank with an octopus in it. If they didn’t go play with the octopus he got bored and would climb out of his tank and steal the paperwork off the desks, and drag stuff into his tank to let the scientists know he was upset with them.
UPDATE! Hey everyone! Sorry for the confusion! Here’s more info to explain what’s going on: The anemone retreats once it feels the pinch of the barber slug’s bite. Latching on, the slug is pulled in with the anemone, not wanting to let go of its meal. Once the slug snips off a tentacle or two, it pulls itself back out of the tube and moves on to the next anemone spaghetti dish, while the anemone waits for the coast to clear before coming back out from its tube.
So… our one cat Oscar started peeing on things. We tried everything. Took him to the vet, everything was medically okay. Multiple litter boxes. So basically we’ve resigned to keeping him in one/two rooms with a litter box and his bed and he doesn’t pee on things
a way to keep her inside without her peeing on everything. my mom and sister are out all day, and i’m physically disabled so i can’t be running around playing with her (and we don’t have much money because of my medical bills 😦 ). i tried building a cat tower out of cardboard boxes- and she likes it!! but she’s STILL peeing on everything because she’s mad that we won’t let her out. it’s so bad that she waits at the door meowing and darts when anyone opens it. do you have any advice? (2/2)
Cats don’t like their pee on things any more than you do. You might want to ask an actual pet blog, but I don’t think your cat is peeing on things because she’s mad, I think something is wrong. Cats don’t really do things out of spite.
Where is her litter box? It might be too loud there or not secure enough for her to feel safe.
Is it covered? She might want to change that.
Is it kept clean? That’s a big thing- cats need clean litter boxes.
Can you try more than one litter box, see if that helps?
Is there any way it’s a medical issue? Maybe she can’t help peeing where she is.
As far as toys, look into how to build puzzle feeders for cats, that can be really cheap and should help keep her entertained. You can also hide food around the house for her to look for. Or buy some ping-pong balls, cut holes in them, and put food inside. Basically, give her things to hunt.
Consider toys on the ends of long sticks that can be used while sitting/lying down.
Most likely it’s a behavioral issue, like Oscar’s is, which is EXTREMELY hard to fix. First line of defense is take her to the vet and go from there
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