At the New England Aquarium in Boston there is an octopus named Truman.
Truman’s keepers liked to assert their superiority by forcing their ward to perform a series of pointless tricks before allowing him to eat his dinner. All of which is condoned in the name of the creature’s "enrichment," which as far as we can see means "No food until you entertain me, bitch."
This wouldn’t be the first time that octopi have proven their intelligence to mankind. In March 2009, Truman’s keepers decided the enrichment activity of choice was going to be lock picking, and Truman decided he’d had just about enough.
A locked acrylic box containing live crabs was placed inside a larger box also locked and the whole device was lowered into the tank. Expecting the octopus to resist playing along until the aquarium was closed (we assume this was Truman’s usual behavior in an attempt to maintain some dignity) the keepers went on their merry way doing whatever it is that octopus caregivers do (we assume something Hentai related).
Acting out of character on this occasion,
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Three years earlier, the outer box had been used in a similar test on a different octopus. On that occasion,
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He never got to the crabs remember they were inside the smaller interior box but we like to think he had a larger plan,
1103, which was to protest in the name of mistreated, puzzle solving octopi everywhere. "You like fucking with locks for fun? Well you better get to it if you want your PRIZED AQUARIUM OCTOPUS BACK,
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1552. Kelly the Dolphin vs. Capitalism
Meet Kelly, a dolphin who lived at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. Her trainers, perhaps out of laziness, decided to teach her how to pick up litter from her own tank.
This was encouraged by presenting Kelly and her chums with a nice fishy meal whenever they retrieved trash from their pool and brought it to their trainer. Life was sweet for the keepers,
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And so one day,
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Holy shit! It worked! She had found a way to multiply her fishy return many times over.
When the paper ran out,
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Gulls are lots bigger than paper and they like to eat dolphin food,
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So now it was just a matter of attracting more gulls. The next time she was fed,
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She then taught her kids to do it, turning "gulls for fish" it into a family business.
You have to impressed; not only was Kelly turning a profit here, she had done it by adapting her behavior to elicit the desired response from her keepers. She could get them to give her fish on demand.
That’s right,
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We’ve been warning you for years: The animals are rising against us. You best educate yourself with their wickedness, in 8 Animals With Real Superpowers and The 6 Deadliest Creatures (That Can Fit In Your Shoe).