• ATDA@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 months ago

      Reminds me of Jerry Smith when the federation took over.

      "“I got my sixth promotion this week, and I still don’t know what I do!”

  • realitista@lemm.ee
    15·
    3 months ago

    I have to wonder if the cup wasn’t really better for him though. He could hide up in there and still see out, and I’d imagine predators had never seen an octopus in a plastic cup before, whereas they are probably quite aware of shellfish.

      • realitista@lemm.ee
        34·
        3 months ago

        Protect from what? It will certainly protect him from fish. I think it will work against anything without claws, and if he’s up against something with claws, I think they would easily pry the shells apart too. Even against something with claws he could maybe crawl to the other side of the cup- they likely wouldn’t open enough to crush the whole cup.

          • realitista@lemm.ee
            23·
            3 months ago

            True, but would they? I would think most have learned not to eat plastic by now?

            • Decoy321@lemmy.worldM
              9·
              3 months ago

              1. fish are pretty dumb.

              2. a plastic translucent cup let’s predators see the octopus inside. The harder shell is opaque and just looks like every other shell.

            • Krzd@lemmy.world
              6·
              3 months ago

              Naaaaah, they’ll see the food and might not even recognise the plastic cup

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
    8·
    3 months ago

    For a creature with so much flexibility and so many limbs, we must seem like the equivalent of a floating eyeball monster.