A YouTube video, Octopus Walks on Land at Fitzgerald Marine
Reserve is doing the rounds at the moment and generating a bit
of online discussion about this fascinating behaviour. Dr Julian
Finn filmed a similar event in Broome a few years back where a
small, unnamed octopus (Abdopus sp.) crawled between rock pools
at low tide. He says that it's not uncommon for intertidal
octopuses to roam between pools in hunt of prey such as crabs or
fish. They may also flee their tide pool to escape the attention
of bigger, hungrier octopuses! In this video, he explains more
about these terrestrial adventures. Download the Octopus on dry
land video video Watch this video with a transcript Like all
cephalopods, octopuses breathe through gills and won't survive
for long out of water. Julian has only seen octopuses crawl over
dry land where the chance of them being trapped out of water is
minimal. In captivity, it's not unknown for octopuses to turn up
in strange places after breaking out of their tanks – including
one that wa