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Octopus causes flooding in California aquarium
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by Amy Judd | February 27, 2009 at 09:16 am
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An octopus at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium in California caused the flooding that allowed hundreds of gallons of water to overflow into the visitor's area, when it became curious and tugged on a valve in its tank.
Aquarium spokeswoman Randi Parent says no sea life was harmed by the flood, but the brand new, ecologically designed floors might be damaged by the water.
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at 10:30 on February 27th, 2009
Octokitties are so smart! Sometimes too much so for their own good.
at 11:37 on February 27th, 2009
The aquarium is located next to the Santa Monica Pier.
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at 15:17 on February 27th, 2009
From Scientific American, Are octopuses smart? Yes, they sure are.
at 10:43 on March 1st, 2009
Having tattooed the entire aquarium's infrastructure across her body, the genius mollusk was able to piece together a cunning plan to... actually, that's not true. She has eight arms and a will, and, of course, where there are eight arms and a will, there's a way.