Giant Octopus vs. Submarine: Enteroctopus dofleini attacks remote-operated vehicle off British Columbia. This story caught my eye for two reasons: I have 1) a thing for cephalopods and 2) a friend who works on autonomous underwater vehicles. But this quote alone is worth the price of admission:
Jim Cosgrove, an octopus expert at the Royal BC museum, believes the octopus may have been senile.Posted by rv at January 27, 2006 02:47 PM to science!"It could have been looking for a meal or looking for a girlfriend," Cosgrove said. "It's difficult to know what exactly it was doing or why it wanted to make contact with the ROV for whatever reason."