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Octopuses are known for their intelligence, but they also have a knack for getting themselves into some hilariously strange situations. One of the funniest real-life octopus stories involves an octopus named Otto from the Sea Star Aquarium in Germany. Otto wasn’t your average octopus—he had a mischievous side. One night, he deliberately squirted water at a light above his tank, repeatedly shorting it out. The aquarium staff were baffled by the mysterious blackouts until they caught Otto in the act! It turned out he had been crawling to the top of his tank and spraying water at the light for fun. Otto even rearranged his tank’s layout to mess with the staff and reportedly threw rocks at the glass to get attention
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Another amusing incident involved an octopus stealing a diver’s camera! While diving, filmmaker Victor Huang had his camera snatched by a Pacific Giant Octopus. The octopus took off with the still-recording camera, swimming around with it and giving viewers some unexpected, up-close octopus footage
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