At the Seattle Aquarium on Valentine's Day, an exhibit was reconfigured to allow "Rocky" access to female tankmate "Mayhem."
On the one hand, it's pretty weird to anthropomorphize octopus mating--note roses in tank (apparently heart shaped decorations and romantic music further "set the mood.") I'm not sure how much anthropomorphism colors my impression that maybe captive Mayhem didn't like having her tank opened to Rocky. He did not exactly proffer a genteel request to hold her hand, hand, hand, [etc.] On the other hand, OOOOOH OCTOPUS ROMANCE!
Maybe they can get married in front of the beluga tank!
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| Via KPLU.org |
On the one hand, it's pretty weird to anthropomorphize octopus mating--note roses in tank (apparently heart shaped decorations and romantic music further "set the mood.") I'm not sure how much anthropomorphism colors my impression that maybe captive Mayhem didn't like having her tank opened to Rocky. He did not exactly proffer a genteel request to hold her hand, hand, hand, [etc.] On the other hand, OOOOOH OCTOPUS ROMANCE!
Maybe they can get married in front of the beluga tank!
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