Talk:California two-spot octopus

Copper is lethal? Odd considering it's the primary component of their blood. Iron isn't lethal to us... Can't their lifespans be increased by having their gonad removed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.21.221 (talk) 02:43, August 28, 2007 (UTC)
 * Too much iron is indeed lethal to humans... Jim Butler(talk) 08:45, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

L.A. Times Plagiarism
Two paragraphs in this article seem to be verbatim to the content of this article which predates the 'times article by at least seven months. BingoDingo (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 12:50, 5 December 2008 (UTC).
 * Anyone can take anything they want from Wikipedia at any time and use it however they want. Chrisrus (talk) 16:23, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Update and expand
I would like to update and expand this page and correct the common names for Octopus bimaculoides and Octopus bimaculatus to match those given in their original scientific descriptions. The common names are misused frequently between these two sibling species. Jgboal (talk) 19:59, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: California Natural History
— Assignment last updated by DahliaEscobar (talk) 02:23, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

100,000 eggs ?
The claim of 100,000 eggs doesn't make any sense. The source artcles indeed has a doubious table :

The source used seems to be a poor article itself using Wikipedia as a source : "''Wikipedia organization’s researchers have investigated the etymology of California two-spot octopus. So, let’s discover the interesting etymology of Octopus Bimaculoids: (source)
 * “The name California two-spot octopus comes from the location where it is commonly found – California. Its scientific name is Octopus bimaculoides which belongs to the Octopodidae family. The “bimaculoides” part of the name is derived from the Latin words “bi” meaning two and “maculoides” meaning spotted.''"

We have observable proof : This video shows the size of the eggs relative to a female California two-spot. They looks like 1/10th of a cm3, so 100,000 would make 0.01m3 or 10kg of eggs for a species which is said to weight at max 1.5kg.

On the other hand, NYT articles also states : "Jordan Baker, senior aquarist at the New England Aquarium in Boston, said the California two-spot octopus, known as a bimac, can lay up to 800 eggs, “so this family lucked out by having 50 or so by the end of their experience.”"

(This would do a much more reasonable est. 80g of eggs.)

So lets remove that lazy source and clean out this madness ! Yug (talk)  🐲 16:51, 12 April 2024 (UTC)