With actions more befitting a scene from “Finding Nemo,”  Otto the octopus has been sabotaging an aquarium.

The mischievous mollusk has had a history of stirring up trouble at the Sea Star Aquarium in Coburg, Germany.

Director Elfriede Kummer said, “Once we saw him juggling the hermit crabs in his tank, another time he threw stones against the glass damaging it. And from time to time he completely re-arranges his tank to make it suit his own taste better - much to the distress of his fellow tank inhabitants.”

Aquarium staff had been mystified by electricity short-outs on consecutive nights to Otto’s tank.

Staff and electricians decided it was time for a sleep-over at the Aquarium.

An Aquarium spokesman said, “It was a serious matter because it shorted the electricity supply to the whole aquarium that threatened the lives of the other animals when water pumps ceased to work.  It was on the third night that we found out that the octopus Otto was responsible for the chaos.”

“We knew that he was bored as the aquarium is closed for winter, and at two feet, seven inches Otto had discovered he was big enough to swing onto the edge of his tank and shoot out a the 2000 Watt spot light above him with a carefully directed jet of water.”

Kummer added, “We’ve put the light a bit higher now so he shouldn’t be able to reach it. But Otto is constantly craving for attention and always comes up with new stunts so we have realized we will have to keep more careful eye on him - and also perhaps give him a few more toys to play with.”

Hate to see what happens if the sharks get bored.

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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