Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Kingdom: Animalia
Location found: Washington State
Location found: Washington State
You will find the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus high in the trees of Washington State's Olympic National Forest. They spend their early lives in the water of Puget Sound, but as they mature they move upwards, adopting an arboreal existence. They use their eight arms to swing from branch to branch, as well as to grab small prey such as insects and frogs. During their mating season they return to the water, but soon after resume their life in the forest.The tree octopus population is under great pressure from the encroachments of the modern world: logging, roads, pollution, and overhunting by trappers eager to sell the octopuses as ornamental decorations for hats. As a result, the species is close to extinction. The Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus organization has long been attempting to raise awareness of this animal and its plight. They urge concerned citizens to write to their congressional representative about this problem.
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Haiku:
Tree Octopuses?
And they swing from branch to branch?
What a sight to see!
Posted by Bob Cheesenhiem in Antarctica on Thu Apr 12, 2007 at 05:16 PM
alrighty. How can you people totally ruin the faith of others in the Tree Octopus by saying it is a hoax? come on, we all know that it is soooo real. who wouldnt belive it? (besides naive little people who dont believe in the impossible like you). come on, get spirit and go Tree Octopus hunting. we all know we would love to prove this whole "its a hoax" thing wrong. we ALL want to see an octopus in a tree, swinging from branch to branch. Besides, i once knew this guy who went Walnut picking in Oylmpia, and he was viciouly attacked by a Tree Octopus. He came back defeated, and lucky to get away, with only Octopus hickies from the sucker cups.( on their legs...duh )...and thats a true story.
Posted by Courtney in in your bed and you know it, WA on Thu Apr 26, 2007 at 11:29 AM
i could have probably fallen for it, but then i went to the website and looked at pictures i saw a blue furry octopus on a tree. Come on now, they need to stop insulting people's inteligence.
Posted by keanoo on Wed May 02, 2007 at 04:41 PM
Yeah octupuses cant live out of water and they looked like stuffies
Posted by Logan in bc vernon on Wed May 09, 2007 at 12:26 PM
:):)Omg!!! i am shocked :0:0:0Posted by Jean in Banbury on Wed May 16, 2007 at 04:02 AM
Ohh Myy I Love You!:D And Octupuses Yeaaaaaaay! Shoutout to jean and babrbara aswell!!
Posted by sandra in las vegas on Wed May 16, 2007 at 04:04 AM
oh common...we all want to believe it..we know one of these days...when u say u dont believe in tree octopuses...one is going to jump out of the nearest tree..and sucker your face...so dont insult the octopuses that live in trees...it would turn out worse than insulting the inelligence of dumb people. lol..that was great.
any way.
i love you.
yes...you
go to my myspace.
http://www.myspace.com/just_spaghettio
got it?
Posted by Courtney in in your bed and you know it, WA on Fri May 25, 2007 at 11:14 AM
I know it is a hoax cos I just done it at school in IT and I'm ive just started year 8 so i dunno how adults can believe this junk, I mean some photos of the so called 'tree octopus' are teddies in trees! And heres a URL that poves its hoaxness:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_tree_octopus
And heres another big hoax (or 2):dog island- http://www.thedogisland.com/
dehydrated water- http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/
i mean dehydrate means remove water, so you would just buy an empty bottle
Posted by Andrew B in UK, Newcastle, Walker on Wed Sep 12, 2007 at 01:28 PM
there is no such thing as a tree octopus. octopuses need to live in water to survive. it was just some nerd that got bord one day, so desided to make a FAKE web site:exclaim:
Posted by Danielle Joans in Kingston on Fri Sep 21, 2007 at 02:55 PM
ROFL at all the indignant responses...can none of these people read a url?
It pretty clearly says museumofhoaxes in there.
Buncha frackin' net-monkeys I tell ya, not even trolls.
Posted by KerouacZac in no matter where you go there I am on Sat Sep 22, 2007 at 12:07 PM
Fake????
What convinced you?
I'm convinced it's real, i mean Greenpeas are involved in the support
See that? Greenpeas are involved.
It must be real. The site looks really convincing and don't forget, Greenpeas are supporting it...
Thats right
GREENPEAS!!!!!!!!
You look, but you don't see
Posted by Raymund Smith in Glasgow on Tue Oct 16, 2007 at 06:25 PM
k, what exactly is the point of this? other than exposing/confusing gullible people (which i guess is a good thing, they probably need help to find reallity) but what the heck is the point? someone has an overactive imagination (i think they need to write stories or something, they might really sell.) so meh. GROW UP PEOPLE (i'm not wasting my time on here, it's some crappy english project on Reliable Web Resources) haha.
Posted by katy in pgss on Mon Oct 22, 2007 at 02:41 PM
this creature looks like a octopus but has bones and musles like anphbeins. Direct from the C.S.I.
Posted by shh... in c.o on Thu Nov 08, 2007 at 08:07 PM
greanpeas...um, that's not really convincing, if it was greenpeace, then i might think about it
Posted by katy on Thu Nov 08, 2007 at 08:54 PM
Wow Katy, Really?
Did you work that out yourself?
Still looking but not seeing
TAKE THE JOKE YOU MUPPETS AND STOP THINKING ABOUT IT
LAUGH YOU BUNCH OF TRUMPETS.
I'll hazard a guess that you are all american
Would i be right? I think i mite be
Posted by Raymy Smith in Glasgow on Fri Nov 09, 2007 at 04:55 AM
and "anphbeins"???????
the world superpower in action here
No. Please.
Impart your ideas of freedom and democracy upon us.
please.
No really.
Please. Delight us with pearls of wisdom far beyond your children's years
Posted by Raymy on Fri Nov 09, 2007 at 09:22 PM
... You have to be kidding me. People in their right minds know that there is no such thing as a "Tree Octopus". It's a hoax and since it is on this webiste, you know its a hoax. In case you haven't read webiste URL it says:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com
... I think it would rather obvious that it AINT REAL!
Posted by Grace in USA on Mon Nov 12, 2007 at 03:17 PM
Swinging in the trees
with eight legs
not a monkey or a bird
it's an octopus
Oh My
Posted by Grace in Alice Springs on Sun Nov 25, 2007 at 08:50 PM
who saw me on tv. so exciting. hi u other graces. Ausralia is awsum. i went there one time cya
Posted by grace in Africa on Sun Dec 02, 2007 at 08:07 PM
THIS OCTOPUS IS NOT REAL!!!!!!
Posted by Sparten 117 on Tue Dec 04, 2007 at 03:52 PM
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HOAX HAIKU
Eight armed octopus
Swinging through the trees above
what on earth was that?
(by James Galvin)
Swinging through the trees above
what on earth was that?
(by James Galvin)