napier octopus opens bottles to get at food
something friendly for a change. an octopus at the national aquarium in napier can now open bottles to get at her food. the octopus, brought to the aquarium by a family who found her in a rockpool three months ago, uses two of her eight tentacles to open a bottle containing a crab. called octi by aquarium staff, the octopus has perfected the trick with the help of keepers who noticed her friendliness, hawke's bay today reports. rob yarrall, manager of the aquarium, said octi was the friendliest octopus he had come across. she is not on display but lives in a tank out the back where she spends most of her time hiding in a shell until a keeper comes to play.the octopus has also learnt to rise to the top of the tank, eye up the keeper and squirt water in his face.
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