One of the best shots that I got of this particular creature....partially coiled up....partially extended.... :) SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Staff at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium in California say the trickster who flooded their offices with sea water was armed. Eight-armed, to be exact. They blame the soaking they discovered Tuesday morning on the aquarium's resident two-spotted octopus, a tiny female known for being curious and gregarious with visitors. The octopus apparently tugged on a valve and that allowed hundreds of gallons of water to overflow its tank. That is a different type of octopus from the one pictured above.......but does give you an idea of how smart and skillful the octopus family is with it's tentacles. Octopus gets inside lunchbox at Boston aquarium From Associated Press March 06, 2009 6:44 AM EST BOSTON - What is 7 feet long, weighs 30 pounds, has eight arms and fits in a box slightly larger than a milk crate? Truman the octopus. Truman squeezed into a clear, acrylic box while trying to snag his lunch at the New England Aquarium in Boston. Aquarium workers often place food inside locked boxes for the intelligent animals to crack open. It's what the aquarium calls an "enrichment activity," but it didn't go as planned Thursday. In this case, crabs were locked in a smaller box inside the bigger box, which is 14 inches per side. The impatient Truman bypassed the locks and squeezed his body through a 2-inch hole in the exterior box. He spent about 30 minutes inside before slithering out, delighting staff and guests who witnessed the spectacle. He never did get the smaller box open.

Tai Tam Upper Reservoir Dam (???????) The reservoir waters were contained by the towering walls of a granite and concrete dam, 100 feet high (30.5 metres), 400 feet long (121.9 metres) and 60 feet wide (18.3 metres) at its base - the largest dam structure ever built in Hong Kong at that time. From the reservoir, water gravitated through a 7,300 feet (2.2 kilometres) long tunnel through mountain and an above ground 16,500 feet (5 kilometres) aqueduct to Central. All elements of the project demonstrate the determination of planners and the tenacity of construction workers. Tai Tam Upper Reservoir Valve House (????????) The valve house for the dam is located at one third of the way along the top of the dam. A simple square structure with a single door and small window openings which have since been blocked, the valve house has been built in rock-faced rusticated granite blocks. The original hipped roof has been replaced with a flat roof with the projecting cornice, supported by carved ornamental corbels, remains intact.