Hanging out with octopuses 🐙
While@donvee and I were in Hawaii last October we spent a few nights in Captain Cook on the Big Island. We were hoping to do a lot of snorkeling, but the weather just didn't cooperate on this trip. The hosts at our bed and breakfast suggested that we check out the octopus farm just north of Kona.
Kanaloa Octopus Farm is a research facility, but they offer tours twice a day where you get to feed and interact with some of the octopuses.
Some of these guys were pretty shy and would hide in the PVC pipes at the bottom of their tanks. Others, like Hansel, were very curious and playful. This guy was attracted to the pink bracelet on one of the visitors.
Octopuses are extremely intelligent and can get bored easily, so the staff gives them toys to play with in their tanks. If we started playing with their toys they interacted more with us.
Pearl was attracted to my cell phone. She kept reaching an arm or two out of her tank to take it from me. When she realized she wasn't going to get it she squirted a jet of water at my face.
This was one of the coolest tours I've ever done. Definitely worth the $25 fee. What are your favorite sea creatures? 🐙
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They are so creepy but also really cute! Is that possible? I would definitely do this any day!
Feeding them was a little scary for me. I was afraid of their beaks
OH my oh my, I would definitely go and visit this place, although this pale one scared me a bit :O Thanks for this quite different post! :)
And, yeah, my favorite sea creature is a seahorse. I love them. But, I am fascinated with all of them. I love the submarine festival, where I can see all of the movies people made diving. Whole different world lies beneath the ocean. That is so beautiful.
There is a seahorse farm nearby as well. We didn't have time to do that tour on our last trip, but a few guests at the b&b did and they loved it