The Seaforth News, 1958-06-19, Page 7A Shell -less Snail
With Lots Of Arms
Most people regard the octo-
pus with horror„ yet it is really
one of . the most remarkable of
sea creatures, and nothing like
so sinister as popular fiction
would have us believe,
it is difficult to decide which
3s the greater marvel — its pe
-
culler structure, or the high de-
gree of intelligence underlying
its interesting habits.
Who would believe that the
octopus is related to the snail
send the whelk? Or that its re-
mote ancestors many millions of
years ago lived in a coiled shell?
The 'shell has been lost, and
the flat muscular foot on which
the ancestral octopus glided
along like a snail has been con-
verted into eight formidable
arms each with an array of high-
ly effiecient suckers, arranged in
two rows and graded in size to
;match the gradual tapering •of
the arms.
In the centre of .this ring Of
arms is the creature's mouth,
complete with horny jaws very
much like a parrot's beak to look
et. and just as effective. ,
The octopus' brain is so well
developed that it is among the
most intelligent of all animals
without backbones, and its eyes
are among the most efficient in
the animal kingdom.
It is in its hunting and feeding
habits that the octopus shows
its intelligence. Crabs and lob-
sters are its favourite food, and
consequently it is not very popu-
lar with fishermen. It often gets
into their lobster pots, leaving
behind a collection of empty
shells.
The octopus is mainly an in-
shore animal, hiding during the
daytime under overhanging
socks, where it is always on the
alert for any unwary crab which
may come within range, obli-
vious of its presence. When this
does happen one of the eight
arms shoots out, not to grip the
crab with suckers, but to give
it a gentle flick between the eyes
with the thin flexible tip.
The crab seems to be com-
pletely hypnotized by the sudden
appearance of the octopus, be-
cause although it brandishes its
claws and raises its body — a
typical defensive attitude — it
offers no resistance as the oeto-
pus grips it and draws it into its
lair.
The eight arms are connected
by a fleshy webbingforming a ;,
kind of umbrella under which
the crab is improsoned until re-
quired. By the time the feast
begins as many as a dozen crabs
may have been collected. These
are then pulled apart joint by
Joint, the meat being extracted
by the thin tips of the arms and
carried to the mouth.
Many stories illustrate the in-
telligence of the octopus, Al-
though it will never eat fish un-
less desperately hungry, it has
been known to kill a small fish
and poke it outside its laii as
a bait to attract unwary crabs.
It is partial to oysters, mussels
and other bivalves, but is not
strong enough to open the shells
if these are closed.
One specimen was observed
watching a large mussel for
hours, apparently aware that
sooner or later it would open up.
When at last it did, the octopus
quickly pushed a small stone be-
tween the valves so that they
could not be closed again, and
proceeded at leisure to claim his
reward. •
Another incident demonstrates
clearly the memory of the octo-
pus. Some captive specimens
known to be hungry .were given
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some oysters. For a long • lime
they examined the shells with
the tips of their arms, obviously
trying to find a way of opening
them.
They met with no success and
eventually gave up,
A week later they were again
offered oysters, but as soon as
they recognized what they were
they tools no further interest in
them, and made on attempt to
open them,
Lobsters are,Inore difficult for
the octopus to catch than crabs,
It is the lobster's claws which
are the danger. Once the octo-
pus has managed• to grip these
with its suckers the lobster is
vanquished, but a prlonged bat-
tle of wits may occur before a
really big lobster is over-
powered.
An octopus is always a great
attraction in an aquarium, but
it can also be a headache. Dur-
ing the night it often has an urge
to visit other tanks to see what
it can find, and has an amazing
ability to squeeze through nar-
row openings. 'Unless a really
octopus -proof cover can be de-
vised for its tank, the aqutarium's
lobsters and crabs are likely to
be converted into heaps of
broken shells.
When it leaves its lair a night
the octopus has three methods of
moving about in the water. If it
wants to go really fast it does
so by jet -propulsion -- achieved
by breathing fast. Streams of
water are always being drawn
into the gill cavity and, after
passing oxer the gills, expelled
through a tube called the siphon.
When an octopus is at rest these
gentle breathing movements are
easily seen.
By breathing much faster the
water is forced out of the siphon
in powerful jets, each capable of
shooting the animal backwards
, for two or three yards. At other
tunes it waves its arms gently in
the water to move itself slowly
forward, or walks along the sea
bed on the tips of its arms.
Mr, Sinclair, of Torquay
Aquarium, has been particularly
successfu during the past few
years at keeping octopuses alive
in tanks for considerable per-
iods. He believes that a captive
octopus needs some kind of oc-
cupation, and always provides
his specimens with heaps of
stones and small pieces of rock.
With these they will sometimes
play for hours, rolling the rocks
about and piling them up in vari-
ous parts of their tanks.
On one occasion a companion '
was introduced into a tank in
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which a solitary octopus had
lived for some time with its pile
of stones. The new arrival soon.
became interested in these, and
started to raid the pile in order
to build a heap of its own.
The owner, however, had no
intention of sharing its goods
with. the newcomer, and almost
as fast as one removed them the
other moved away to bring them,.
back. The difiieculty was finally
solved, and any ,possibility of
war between the two averted, by
providing the newcomer with a
second heap all to itself.
After this both seemed con-
tented, and very little "borrow-
ing" ever occurred.
YES, WZ GOT NO BONURAL
Baseball fans remember Zeke
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couldn't cover much more than
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Zeke waved at a ball about two
feet away and it Went for a hit.
As the runner took a wide turn•
toward second, the outfielder.
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• In his box behind first, Clark
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"What's the idea?" he sourly
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Wrapped in a package called
°The Big Beat", Dick Jockey
Alan Freed has long rolled across
the land, introducing rock 'n'
roll stars and keynoting gone
music, with the express intention
of inciting his teen-age followers
to happy frenzy. Last month, the
acknowledged. "King of Rock 'n'
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Almost 5,000 hip kids poured In
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including four bands, and star-
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Lee Lewis.
Frenzy soon set in. The aisles
filled with dancers, and others
got into the groove by jumping
on their seats. The head of the
20 cops on hand decided that
more light on ,the subject would
help curb the crowd's antics. The
house lights ,were turned up.
Then, according to Arena Man-
ager Paul Brown, sincere -faced
"Deejay" Freed huffed "I guess
the police here in Boston don't
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time." Whatever Freed said, the
effect was magical. The Arena
really began jumping — while
Brown paced his office, "pray-
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A while before midnight the
wound -up kids spilled into the
streets. Just who was respon-
sible for what happened next is
a matter of dispute. All around
the Arena common citizens were
set upon, robbed and sometimes
beaten. A young sailor .caught a
knife in the belly, and two girls
with him were thrashed. In all,
nine men and six women were
roughed up enough to require
hospital treatment. Boston po-
lice blamed Freed and his fre-
netic fans, but could not prove it,,
since they nabbed nobody.
Freed's defenders pointed out
thatrthe Arena area has been the
site of frequent muggings in
the past; the toughs might simp-
ly have used the crowds pouring
out Of the Arena as a cover.
But Boston's Mayor John
Hynes did not want to hear
arguments or . evidence. . He
ordered that no licenses be is-
sued for any more rock '0'. roll
shows, and a Boston grand jury
returned an indictment against
Freed—under an old "anti -
anarchy" Iaw — foe,inciting "the
unlawful destruction of prop-
erty". Professing alarm, and
perhaps jumpy over growing
criticism of juvenile delinquency,
officials in New llaveo and New-
ark seized on the Boston incident
as an excuse to ban scheduled
Freed appearances.
Freed promptly q u i t his
$25,000 -a -year job with Man-
hattan's radio station WITS be-
cause it "failed to stand behind.
my policies and principles", and
returned to his 'Stamford, Conn,
home to contemplate his griev-
ances. Snapped Freed; "Those
kids in Boston were the greatest
—swell, wonderful kids. But the
police were terrible'
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