Field guide No. 377
Octopus untangling spaghetti on the prep counter
Eight hands, one job.
In a steel restaurant kitchen, a large orange octopus sits on the counter pulling apart a huge tangle of cooked spaghetti, a colander full beside it. It is making very slow progress.
Field noteOctopuses are clever and do get into kitchens. This one is merely the size of the counter.
Also possible, also breaking scale
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