APRIL 13, 2016
by Susanna Pilny
It’s not every day that you hear about an
octopus on the lamb, but apparently a cephalopod named Inky from the National Aquarium of New Zealand is
doing just that.
In an escape worthy of The Count of
Monte Cristo or The Shawshank Redemption, Inky apparently noticed
that maintenance workers accidentally left a gap at the top of his tank—and
took it as an opportunity. After slipping through the gap, he slid down and
slithered across the floor before squeezing his rugby-ball-sized (slightly
larger than an American football) body down a six-inch (150-mm) diameter drain
pipe—or at least, that’s what the aquarium staff have gathered after finding
his tracks.
The Houdini of the Sea
Octopodes, incidentally, are great at
squeezing into tiny places.
"As long as its mouth can fit,"
Rob Yarrall, from the National Aquarium, told
Stuff.co.nz. "Their bodies are squishy but they have a beak, like
a parrot."
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