The Great Octolabyrinth
Welcome to the Great Octolabyrinth!
A maze challenge has been a frequent request from many of our viewers: so we sat down and designed the biggest water labyrinth ever created! The Octolabyrinth has the impressive size of 26ft X 16 ft (8m x 5m) and can hold over 700 gallons (2650 litres) of seawater. To travel from the beginning (the center of the first O) to the end (the bottom of the V), the octopus must cover a distance of 45 meters. The exit to the base of the V leads to a dark den concealed by a huge octopus eye banner.
Will Thomas, the curious octopus in today’s video, manage to find the exit to the giant water maze? Or will he be trapped in the labyrinth’s complexity?
Entering The Maze
The intelligence of many animals (e.g. hamsters, rats, cats, dogs etc.) has often been evaluated based on their ability to escape from tricky mazes. The Octolabyrinth was meant to test the level of intelligence of our amazing octopus residents.
Our octopus did his best to solve the puzzle and find the exit but he got lost many times in the confusing pathways of our water maze. He spend 45 minutes exploring it but did not manage to make it through to the end.
A Guiding Hand For Eight Lost Arms
However, even Theseus would have been trapped in the labyrinth if it was not for Ariadne’s helpful ball of thread. We therefore decided to offer our octopus a helping hand by adding pictures of animals he would normally avoid at every dead end to guide him through the giant maze. The photos of the predators include: the moray eel, the great white shark, the seal, the giant pacific octopus, the hammerhead shark, the dolphin, and the barracuda.
Our octopus then completed the octolabyrinth in less than five minutes without taking any wrong turns and without turning back once. He seemed to remember what was behind and kept moving forward, avoiding all threats.
Thomas always seemed to enjoy swimming around the maze and showed no sign of distress during this great maze challenge.
