Octopus sp. - Wollongong Boat Harbour, NSW - ID Assistance Welcomed

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Is this - Octopus australis ??.

A fisherman dragged this Octopus in while fishing in his lunch break in Wollongong Boat Harbour , in a business suit I might add. He explained that by saying "Well I'm Greek". He quickly grabbed the Octopus, removed the hook and threw it back., fished for a while longer and packed up and headed back to work empty handed.
I was left wondering how many lives this octopus has had.

"Octopuses are highly intelligent, possibly more so than any other order of invertebrates. The exact extent of their intelligence and learning capability is much debated among biologists,but maze and problem-solving experiments have shown evidence of a memory system that can store both short- and long-term memory. It is not known precisely what contribution learning makes to adult octopus behavior. Young octopuses learn almost no behaviors from their parents, with whom they have very little contact.
..... The octopus has been shown to use tools. At least four specimens of the veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) have been witnessed retrieving discarded coconut shells, manipulating them, and then reassembling them to use as shelter. This discovery was documented in the journal Current Biology and has also been filmed." WIKIPEDIA

Taken on: July 15, 2013

Tags:

Octopus

Octopus sp.

Octopodiformes

Octopoda

Wollongong Boat Harbour

Wollongong

South Coast

NSW

Australia

Marine Life

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Sets appears in: • Marine Life

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