Inky, a male specimen of the common octopus , has returned to the sea, his home. Not that it was bad at all at the National Aquarium of New Zealand, where he was one of the most popular guests, but he couldn't miss the opportunity that an accidentally opened lid gave him (thank you Neptune!). 50-meter sewer pipe that ended up in the waters of Hawke's Bay, east of the North Island of the country.
Facility staff were surprised to arrive at their workplace in the morning to find the home that the cephalopod shared with another member of its species empty. When they found a wet trail in the dry pipe, they tied the knots: during the night, the animal crawled up the wall of its tank to the small opening (15 centimeters in diameter) and then crawled through the conduit that led to freedom through from the subsoil of the aquarium.
The access was very narrow for Inky, who is about the size of a rugby ball, but octopuses lack bones and can squeeze and squeeze anywhere: there are footage that shows them entering holes the diameter of a coin. In addition, they are extremely intelligent and it is believed that some species might be able to use tools.
Aquarium employees have not been too surprised by the feat of Inky, who arrived there a few years ago at the hands of a fisherman who found him trapped and in very bad condition in a lobster trap. According to them, this octopus is "unusually intelligent, and very curious."
