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Also, by conditioning their permanent residential tanks to be large and full of safe places for dwelling in privacy, our octopuses never display problems with their appetite. All of the octopuses at Octolab are those which we rescued from local fishermen.īy transferring them into acclimation tanks prior to their permanent residential tanks, the stress levels of our octopuses are reduced quickly. It is just a matter of reducing the stress on them as early as possible. The reality is that if octopuses are handled with care and attention, they can transition quite well into a captive setting without experiencing eating problems. Baby Octopus very easily pick up other flavors so are well suited for marinades. These cook up smooth with a firm, satisfying bite and full-bodied flavor. This scares some people from considering octopuses as pets. Baby Octopus, like their larger family members, have a mild, sweet flavor but are much more tender. This has led to inaccurate information circulating among octopus enthusiasts that octopuses in captivity experience high incident rates of malnutrition which could lead to illness and even death. Under those circumstances, the octopus may stop eating until it feels safe in its new environment or it has recovered from its ordeal. This would aggravate the stress that much further. The giant Pacific octopus will hide under a rock and use its chromatophores to blend in to the surroundings. To capture the more difficult animals, the octopus uses its most important adaptation: its intelligence. If the handling is careless, the creature might be physically injured in the process. The octopuss tongue-like radula is also used to scrape up food morsels.
When the process of captivity is handled inappropriately, the octopus will be stressed. The exception to this is when octopuses are moved to live in captivity.
In other words, they can be selective about their favorite food but not to the extent of being exclusive when times are tough.Īlso, when octopuses are displaced from their normal habitat they will demonstrate an ability to adapt to the new prey found in their new environment. In situations were prey becomes scarce, octopuses do not hesitate to adapt to the prey that is available. Of course, for this to take place the octopuses must be residing in an area which is bountiful in prey. For example, it is not uncommon to spot octopuses of the same species living in close proximity to each other each seeking out different species of local prey. However, observations do indicate that individual octopuses do express favoritism for certain foods. Octopuses, in general, are not picky eaters in the sense that they will eat a wide range of animals as has been described above.
After all, cats have been known to realize quasi hunger strikes if their owners switched brands of cat food. If any cat owners are reading this, they are familiar more than most with the concept of finickiness when it comes to the eating habits of certain animals.
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