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EXAMINATION OF NATURAL AND CAPTIVE BEHAVIORS AND THEIRIMPLICATIONS ON MENTAL HEALTH IN OCTOPUS VULGARIS

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2014
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In an attempt to better understand the effects of environmental enrichments on captive octopods, specifically Octopus vulgaris, as conducted by aquariums, attempts have been made to collect wild octopus from various sites in the Indian River Lagoon. Collected specimen would have been observed in captivity in order to compare their behavior with that of their wild counterparts based on the data collected by Kayes in 1973. The research conducted would serve to investigate if the environmental enrichments, institutionalized by aquariums, encourage octopods to behave more closely to the natural or wild type behaviors or if the enrichments encourage less natural behavior. Due to complications in the collection process, the nature of research conducted was changed to look at behavior of 0. vulgaris in the wild at Blue Heron Bridge, while examining literature on implications of octopi behavior in captivity. Enrichment is used to guarantee the mental wellbeing and health of animals in captivity in the interests of maintaining a good quality of living. This thesis looks at whether the quality for life achieved by enrichment impacts behavior by either encouraging natural or unnatural behavior in octopi.
Title: EXAMINATION OF NATURAL AND CAPTIVE BEHAVIORS AND THEIRIMPLICATIONS ON MENTAL HEALTH IN OCTOPUS VULGARIS.
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Name(s): Odom, Justin
Moore, Jon
Wetterer, James K.
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Thesis
Date Created: Spring 2014
Date Issued: 2014
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Florida
Physical Form: pdf
Extent: 18 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: In an attempt to better understand the effects of environmental enrichments on captive octopods, specifically Octopus vulgaris, as conducted by aquariums, attempts have been made to collect wild octopus from various sites in the Indian River Lagoon. Collected specimen would have been observed in captivity in order to compare their behavior with that of their wild counterparts based on the data collected by Kayes in 1973. The research conducted would serve to investigate if the environmental enrichments, institutionalized by aquariums, encourage octopods to behave more closely to the natural or wild type behaviors or if the enrichments encourage less natural behavior. Due to complications in the collection process, the nature of research conducted was changed to look at behavior of 0. vulgaris in the wild at Blue Heron Bridge, while examining literature on implications of octopi behavior in captivity. Enrichment is used to guarantee the mental wellbeing and health of animals in captivity in the interests of maintaining a good quality of living. This thesis looks at whether the quality for life achieved by enrichment impacts behavior by either encouraging natural or unnatural behavior in octopi.
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Note(s): Includes bibliography.
Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2014.
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