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Scuba Forum / General / January 2007Giant Pacific Octopus captured by diver pics
I've posted some video still from a video taken by Canadian underwater videographer B. Gillard of a diver capturing a giant pacific octopus - www.octopus-diver.com > I've posted some video still from a video taken by Canadian underwater > videographer B. Gillard of a diver capturing a giant pacific octopus - > www.octopus-diver.com Why did the diver capture the octopus? > octopus_di...@hotmail.com wrote: > > I've posted some video still from a video taken by Canadian underwater > > videographer B. Gillard of a diver capturing a giant pacific octopus - > >www.octopus-diver.com > Why did the diver capture the octopus? Why not? For instance, the State of Washington has a year-round limit of one per day, as long as it's caught with hands or instrument which does not penetrate the octopus. Bring one home and impress your friends. I'd stick one in my koi pond, but I doubt the koi would like it. http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/regs/2006/2006sportregs.pdf > > octopus_di...@hotmail.com wrote: > > > I've posted some video still from a video taken by Canadian underwater [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/regs/2006/2006sportregs.pdf Some things that are allowed under legislation or regulation disturb my diving zen... and my friends are not impressed by a giant pacific octopus in my living room. Perhaps I need different friends? >> > octopus_di...@hotmail.com wrote: >> > > I've posted some video still from a video taken by Canadian [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Perhaps I need different friends? I'm not real big on captivity (due to having been jailed several times, possibly), but, that said, one of my friends had a baby nurse shark in an aquarium, and it was pretty cool. On Jan 23, 4:56 pm, "Douglas W \"Popeye\" Frederick" <Pop...@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote: > >> > octopus_di...@hotmail.com wrote: > >> > > I've posted some video still from a video taken by Canadian [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > possibly), but, that said, one of my friends had a baby nurse shark in an > aquarium, and it was pretty cool. "had"? as in has no longer? what happened to the shark? there is (used to be?) a bar in chicago that had about four reef sharks in an aquarium in the middle of the room. those were also pretty cool. > On Jan 23, 4:56 pm, "Douglas W \"Popeye\" Frederick" >> > Some things that are allowed under legislation or regulation disturb my >> > diving zen... and my friends are not impressed by a giant pacific [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > there is (used to be?) a bar in chicago that had about four reef sharks > in an aquarium in the middle of the room. those were also pretty cool. One of the hurricane power outages got him. >>On Jan 23, 4:56 pm, "Douglas W \"Popeye\" Frederick" > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > One of the hurricane power outages got him. In chicago? > I'm not real big on captivity (due to having been jailed several times, > possibly), but, that said, one of my friends had a baby nurse shark in an > aquarium, and it was pretty cool. One of the machine shops I do solid models and programming for has a big aquarium with 6 *very* chubby piranha in it. It sits right behind the owners desk, where he writes checks and such. His favorite place to have meetings with sales types, lawyers, realtors, etc. He buys goldfish by the dozens and just tosses them in there. They last anywhere from seconds to weeks. I brought him a fresh king salmon head once, that we rinsed in fresh water real well, and it made it about 90 seconds. It'd be a great place to chuck "Nisarel" into. >> I'm not real big on captivity (due to having been jailed several times, >> possibly), but, that said, one of my friends had a baby nurse shark in an [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >It'd be a great place to chuck "Nisarel" into. There used to ba a bar in Denver named the Riveria that had a large prinaha in an aquarium They named him Adolf Scarf and refered to him as the credit manager. If you wanted to run a tab and be billed the next time you came in, you had to reach in as retrieve a quarter from the bottom of the aquarium. >> I'm not real big on captivity (due to having been jailed several times, >> possibly), but, that said, one of my friends had a baby nurse shark in an [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > It'd be a great place to chuck "Nisarel" into. They'd spend a week licking their a.ses to get the taste out of their mouths... (kudos to Andy) > Some things that are allowed under legislation or regulation disturb my > diving zen... and my friends are not impressed by a giant pacific > octopus in my living room. > > Perhaps I need different friends? I'm trying to think of friends that I'd prefer over a giant Pacific octopus. I'll get back if I come up with any... esg Kari - this particular octopus probably had at most another few months to live. By the colour, it appears to have been a post-spawner, which usually die soon after (spawning). Although, it was aggressive to eat another one - note the tentacle hanging from it's mouth - so could have been good for a while longer. > > > octopus_di...@hotmail.com wrote: > > > > I've posted some video still from a video taken by Canadian underwater [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Perhaps I need different friends?- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text - > > octopus_di...@hotmail.com wrote: > > > I've posted some video still from a video taken by Canadian underwater > > > videographer B. Gillard of a diver capturing a giant pacific octopus - > > >www.octopus-diver.com > > Why did the diver capture the octopus? > Why not? For instance, the State of Washington has a year-round limit > of one per day, as long as it's caught with hands or instrument which > does not penetrate the octopus. Bring one home and impress your > friends. I'd stick one in my koi pond, but I doubt the koi would like > it. > http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/regs/2006/2006sportregs.pdf The Koi would become food very quickly. Octopus harvesters around here are *very* unpopular. The ones who do it dont brag about it, and they dont let people know what they are doing. Tires and automotive glass can get real expensive, I hear. On the other hand, I have seen one diver almost get harvested by an octopus... > > > octopus_di...@hotmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > On the other hand, I have seen one diver almost get harvested by an > octopus... I watched a video of a shark getting "harvested" by an octopus. It was pretty amusing; although, probably not so much for the shark. > The Koi would become food very quickly. I already lost one to a raccoon. The other two learned to hide better. > Octopus harvesters around here are *very* unpopular. The ones who do it dont > brag about it, and they dont let people know what they are doing. Tires and > automotive glass can get real expensive, I hear. Unfortunately they're (octopus in general, not the giants which I believe aren't a commercial food source) standard cuisine even in the U.S. nowadays, what with the popularity of Japanese and Mexican food. Personally, I find it too bland and rubbery cooked, and never had the opportunity or the desire to taste it raw, but when you consider it's just a cousin of calamari, it's not too foreign a concept. > On the other hand, I have seen one diver almost get harvested by an > octopus... That's the side benefit of owing one. I could wrestle it in my pool every morning and finally get in shape. Chasing the dolphin around got boring real quick so I need a change in my routine. > > The Koi would become food very quickly. > > I already lost one to a raccoon. The other two learned to hide better. Viscious, criminal raccons are an excellent reason to keep and bear arms, to protect your Koi. > > Octopus harvesters around here are *very* unpopular. The ones who do it dont > > brag about it, and they dont let people know what they are doing. Tires and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > opportunity or the desire to taste it raw, but when you consider it's > just a cousin of calamari, it's not too foreign a concept. Seeing a GPO is a great thrill for divers. People drive hundreds of miles, and fly thousands just hoping to see one. You dont want to be the guy walking out onto the beach with a dead GPO, and a bunch of other divers standing around, at least not around these parts. Would get real ugly, real fast. > > On the other hand, I have seen one diver almost get harvested by an > > octopus... > That's the side benefit of owing one. I could wrestle it in my pool > every morning and finally get in shape. Chasing the dolphin around got > boring real quick so I need a change in my routine. I am not sure that is legal; it is legal to kill and eat them, but I think you need permits to keep a live one. And with a 16 to 22 foot GPO, you might only get to wrestle him once... MOSSMAN FAGOT...GAY MOLESTER LOL > MOSSMAN FAGOT...GAY MOLESTER this from a foolish child. > LOL IM NOT A CHILD, ISLANDER IS A CHILD NOT ME. The octopus was "harvested" only in that we picked it up to display to the new boat tenders at the surface, it was returned to it's den very quickly afterwards. We used to harvest these octopus for display at the Undersea Gardens and Sealand of the Pacific aquariums. > octopus_di...@hotmail.com wrote: > > I've posted some video still from a video taken by Canadian underwater > > videographer B. Gillard of a diver capturing a giant pacific octopus - > >www.octopus-diver.comWhy did the diver capture the octopus? BTW, octopus are not friendly, innocent, cute lttle critters, rather thay are at the top of their food chain ... they eat each other (a major part of their diet, like some sort of suicidal protien pyramid scam), they catch cormorants and other diving birds, and handily catch large fish like salmon and dogfish. I'd hate to be a crab or scallop anywhere near these guys. Often divers talk about old "Armstrong" the 50 pound octopus that is always in the hole at "X" reef - they are probably playing with a different octopus every few months (sometimes even every few weeks) - once the original one dies after spawning they are either eaten by another, healthier one, or by a predator very quickly. A 10 pound octopus in a 50 pound den doesn't survive very long either, would be easy food for the bigger or healthier one. In places like Puget Sound, the further you go to the head of the inlets the longer the "return rate" - in these areas you don't want to mess with octopus. In areas with a larger, habitat-desperate population, you can empty the dens every week and within days the dens are full again. > octopus_di...@hotmail.com wrote: > > I've posted some video still from a video taken by Canadian underwater > > videographer B. Gillard of a diver capturing a giant pacific octopus - > >www.octopus-diver.comWhy did the diver capture the octopus?
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