INKY’S ESCAPE
How the Houdini of molluscs broke out of his glass box
OCTOPUS ESCAPE ARTISTS
Octopuses, of which there are around 300 species, are brainboxes with a talent for escaping. Unlike other mollusc species, octopuses have a centralised brain similar to a human’s. However, only a third of its overall neurons can be found in its brain. The rest can be found in the octopus’ arms. Over the years, many octopuses in captivity have wreaked havoc on their keepers with their escape artist antics. In 2016, an octopus named Inky sprung itself from a New Zealand enclosure, Finding Nemo-style, and into a 50-metre drainpipe that led to the ocean. Similarly, in Bermuda an octopus temporarily escaped its tank to eat the crab inhabitants of the adjacent tanks before returning to its own enclosure.
PIGGY GAMERS
The intelligence of
