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July 27. 
W« have had the moray eel in the shooting pen for several days now, 
and he is beginning to feel at home. Today ho came out from the rooks he 
has picked out as a home, and took minnows that Tom put in for him. Quite 
anxious for them, in fact. In view of this we herded him back into the 
holding pen, chinked up all the holes in the rocks and made a place for the 
octopus house. Put the octo in, house and all, and went up to lunch to 
give hir;i time to look around. 
VChen we returned he still was in his house, but I could see one eye at 
the top of his door peering out. Tom put a crab into the enclosure, and 
after he had herded it around for awhile we could see the octopus getting 
interested. After a bit he rushed out and took the crab and carried it 
back to his house. The door was too small for him to carry the crab inside, 
but he did the best he could and backed in as far as he could go. This 
exposed the crab to the point that almost the entire carapace and the big 
claws were free* Perhaps not more than two or throe minutes had elapsed 
since the octopus had caught the crab, but the claws hung limp, and the 
crab apparently was dead. The octopus most certainly must have bitten it 
to put it out of commission that f^uickly. There was no exterior evidence 
of damage, however. 
When the octo had settled down to enjoy his crab we raised the back 
door and allowed the moray to return. I had the camera on him rather than 
on the octo (a mistake) and expected to sec the octopus come into "view when 
