Shark vs Octopus

[Parrot of doom]

www.wimp.com/octopus/

3-2-1

FIGHT!

[staceyb]

Christ remind me to stay aaway from them buggers

[xiphias]

Erk!

[pesty]

last time I go swimming in the sea

[GingerNinja]

I remember seeing a program about squid - not the giant ones, but still a decent size - they were positively vicious, and the fisherman all said they'd rather be amongst a group of sharks than a swarm of squid.

[KB_S1]

One of the Sea worlds in America was losing Sharks over night. It turned out that the Octopus were catching, and eating them.

[shadowninja]

And that's a wrap!

[Zod]

KB_S1 said:

One of the Sea worlds in America was losing Sharks over night. It turned out that the Octopus were catching, and eating them.

That's where the video is from.

[pony power]

i'd like to see that one take on a great white,

i'd pay to see that

[ApexClipper]

How big exactly do you think that shark was?

[ewenm]

The commentary say 3-4ft for the sharks.

[diddyman]

That's a juvenile - you can see through it's dorsal fin. I would say that shark is a foot long, maybe 18 inches.

[gorvid]

GingerNinja said:

I remember seeing a program about squid - not the giant ones, but still a decent size - they were positively vicious, and the fisherman all said they'd rather be amongst a group of sharks than a swarm of squid.

These be those buggers.....



Humboldt squid, they grow up to 6 or 7 feet long and tend to hand around in packs..
As you rightly say - the fishermen and people generally in the know give these fellas a wide birth as they have a fearsome reputation. This is partly due to their very high intelligence and insatiable curiosity.

However they are fished… using 12 inch long needle sharp jigs - a bit like a thin hypodermic steel pine cone. Once they get hold of them they are pulled up to the surface with the things embedded in them.

Experts reckon this practice could possibly piss them off a bit!
Hence the temper ??

[R988]

Back home you always had to be careful of the blue ringed octopus, (those who have read State of Fear by Michael Critchon will know about it ) tiny little things (golf ball sized) but one wrong step in a rockpool or walking in shallow water on the beach and it gets really pissed off, bites you and then you start to get slowly paralysed unless you can get to a hospital very quickly you will die.

[TheLemming]

R988 said:

Back home you always had to be careful of the blue ringed octopus, (those who have read State of Fear by Michael Critchon will know about it ) tiny little things (golf ball sized) but one wrong step in a rockpool or walking in shallow water on the beach and it gets really pissed off, bites you and then you start to get slowly paralysed unless you can get to a hospital very quickly you will die.

Cute though

[Code Monkey]

gorvid said:

Experts reckon this practice could possibly piss them off a bit! Hence the temper ??

no really?

damn these experts are good, experts in pointing out the bleedin' obvious i guess

[arcbeer]

R988 said:

(those who have read State of Fear by Michael Critchon will know about it )

Or James Bond - Octopussy. The classic Octopus on your face scene.

[tinman0]

R988 said:

Back home you always had to be careful of the blue ringed octopus, (those who have read State of Fear by Michael Critchon will know about it ) tiny little things (golf ball sized) but one wrong step in a rockpool or walking in shallow water on the beach and it gets really pissed off, bites you and then you start to get slowly paralysed unless you can get to a hospital very quickly you will die.

and where is home? just feel i ought to avoid rock pools near your home

[r988]

Australia

www.didyouknow.org/animals/octopus.htm