Originally published at: Man builds underwater maze for his pet octopus
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For more fun with octopodes check out octoLab on YT. The maze Rober built was nifty, but there are others out there. If cephalopods lived longer they would rule all of the underwater world.
ETA:
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The octpus is great and I enjoyed the video despite finding Mark Rober very annoying. Recommend using closed captioning and muting the video
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I’m primarily glad Sashimi got to go home again, and I hope she didn’t get picked up for another pet store adventure.
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I’ll say it.
At the risk of stating the obvious… please consider not eating octopus.
Here’s some interesting inspiration, tested well by other bOINGers here.
I have tried a few of these recipes–all of them reliably delicious–and I’ve been test-driving vegetarian recipes since 1980.
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i want to echo @j9c and amplify the message here: please do not eat octopodes! it may be a big ask to some who savor the flesh of these intelligent, beautiful creatures (as i once did), but you can do it. leave it behind.
that being said, naming your “pet” octopus Sashimi is just rude!
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Also, don’t hold them captive. How do we know the octopus finds the maze entertaining, and not simply frustrating? If your captor made you jump through hoops every day to earn your breakfast, wouldn’t you be more mad than entertained?
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… OMG that’s a lot of YouTube Voice 
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This is my pet octopus named Sashimi
that’s not a joke i would make with a super intelligent pet…
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Feels seen in both real life and my gaming with my kids….
But yeah, octopodes are off the menu in my house and most of us love seafood including sashimi.
Agreed.
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