When a giant Pacific octopus was stranded at Vancouver International Airport after her flight to Finland was cancelled, the Vancouver Aquarium asked the Shaw Centre if it could care for her.
The four-pound giant Pacific octopus was stranded at Vancouver International Airport after her flight to Finland was cancelled.
The giant Pacific Octopus is the biggest octopus species in the world and they grow quickly, which means they do a lot of sleeping, she said. “They tend to sleep for 24 to 48 hours after we feed them, depending on how big the meal was. So if she had a really big crab, she might sleep for two or three days.”
“She could be really old and not have eaten that many crabs, or she could be really young and have had an abundance of food when she was little,” said LeSergent. “The last octopus we released was 26 pounds, so they can grow quite a bit in their time here.” During the first couple of months, a live crab is put on the bottom of the tank for the octopus to hunt. Then a crab is put in a jar without the lid so the octopus gets used to the jar. Then a crab is put in a jar with a lid.And it’s not just one brain. An octopus has nine brains in total, said LeSergent. Each arm has its own mini-brain and can think independently without notifying the main brain.
Neither LeSergent nor Kit Thornton, head of animal care, know if Finland has received a replacement octopus yet.
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