Watch: Ruddy, a giant Pacific octopus, eat and give ‘octopus hickies’
The New England Aquarium's virtual visit features a massive octopus feeding.
The New England Aquarium shared video of an aquarist feeding a giant Pacific octopus named Ruddy.
The large octopus is fed fish and shrimp by hand, displaying its “about 250 suction cups on each arm” as dictated by the video’s narrator. As the aquarist interacts with the slippery cephalopod, red suction marks appear on their arms.
See for yourself:
The aquarium’s virtual visit series airs on Facebook and Twitter daily at 11 a.m, EST, so museum-goers can still learn and experience the exhibits from home while the museum is closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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