Octopus Steals Crab from Fisherman | Super Smart Animals | BBC Earth

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[furensuko]

"There is another crab fisherman living down here in this cave and it's a much more creative one than Steve"
sick burn, RIP Steve

[MohammadImran-shtb]

camera: remember octy, dont go out until the fisherman starts pulling
octy: how much do you pay me for this?
camera: 3 crabs
octy: deal

[lawrencetalbot]

Legend has it that the octopus eventually put Steve out of business, forcing him to Uber and wait tables on the weekends.

[harrietharlow]

I love octopuses. They are so clever. My friend worked as a docent at an aquarium and she told me a male octopus, obviously in the mood for love, managed to get out of his thank, make his way to the tank of a nearby female, then got himself into her tank.

[kermitle]

“Think of a dramatic different strategy.”

*yeets itself in*

[sonoffire]

i apprieciate how the fish just gets in the way for attention lmao

[brandonhill]

Poor Steve. Got dissed by the narrator and got no crabs

[bryantorres]

Steve: *sips drink* Stupid crabs

octopus: *Takes crab* Stupid Steve

[wolfganghendery]

"A sure sign that an octopus has struck: a trail of empty shells, and a frustrated fisherman" made me laugh so hard.

[MrAverageD]

"What can I say." - Steve.

You said it all, Steve, you said it all.

[gayatrimukherjee]

1:51 love how the other fishies are checking out what's going on

[ender]

Octopus: I'm not trapped in here with you, you're trapped in here with me.

[spp]

3:02-3:06 The octopus is so smart it managed to escape right at the time when the dramatic music ended .

[thomasaquinas]

Octopuses are amazing. Untaught, with a tiny lifespan, their relatives mostly having the IQ of the shells on the seafloor, octopuses show intelligence and thinking equivalent to terrestrial mammals.

[badops]

Octopus : * gets out of cage *
Crabs : Impossible..

[MyLittlePwnyta]

"A free crab buffet for me? Steve, you shouldn't have!"

[jennifer]

Even though this is staged that octopus is very smart and a paid actor.

[Arcsecant]

You think that's smart? That octopus actually keeps his crab fishing licence renewal up to date, so there's nothing there fisherman can do about it.

[PTBCANADIAN]

The octopus was so smart that it wanted to challenge itself rather than eat the crab sitting right next to it outside the cage lol

[anstonbritto]

0:01 "This is Steve, a crap fisherman" xD