{"id":4406,"date":"2017-10-02T09:52:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T07:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/event\/join-us-at-our-octo-event-this-half-term\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:39:30","slug":"join-us-at-our-octo-event-this-half-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/blog\/join-us-at-our-octo-event-this-half-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us at Our Octo! Event This Half Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To coincide with <b>World Octopus Day<\/b> on 8th October, we\u2019re hosting a very special event at Deep Sea World throughout the October half term, full of <b>EIGHT<\/b> times the fun. We\u2019ll be welcoming a wonderful guest \u2013 Octo! the lesser octopus.<br \/>\nCome and join us any day from <b>Saturday 7th until Sunday 22nd October<\/b> to say hello to Octo!, take part in our fun activities, and learn all about octopuses in our educational talks and feeds throughout each day.<br \/>\nHere\u2019s what you can expect:<\/p>\n<h2>Get Clued Up on These Eight-Armed Creatures<\/h2>\n<p>Is it octopi? Octopuses? Octopodes? Our expert team of aquarists will be on-board to answer all of your questions about these incredible creatures. By the end of the day you\u2019ll be brimming with underwater facts you can whip out to impress your friends with!<br \/>\nMake sure you drop by our daily talks and feeds to learn more about our special visitor, Octo!. Just a few snippets of facts to get you excited for your day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lesser octopus species can grow rather big! Look out for its mantle, which can reach up to 50cm in length!<\/li>\n<li>This species is well-travelled and commonly found in waters across the world, including along the British Isles, throughout Europe, in the Mediterranean, and even as far as the northern coast of Africa!<\/li>\n<li>You might also hear this species referred to as a curled octopus, northern octopus, or horned octopus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You\u2019ll also learn about what octopuses eat, where they live, and what makes them so <i>incredible<\/i>!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4408\" src=\"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/curled-octopus-3-1024x539-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Put on Your Thinking Cap for Quiz Time<\/h2>\n<p>We hope you\u2019ll learn a lot about octopuses when you visit us! So, it\u2019s time to test your knowledge with our round of quizzes. Think you know these underwater creatures pretty well? Pick up a quiz sheet and try to see how many answers you can get right!<br \/>\nHere are a few things to get you thinking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How many arms and how many hearts do octopuses have?<\/li>\n<li>How many different recognised species of octopus are living in oceans around the world?<\/li>\n<li>How do octopuses protect themselves from predators, and how do they trick prey?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry if you don\u2019t know all the answers on the day. Our team will be able to point you in the right direction!<\/p>\n<h2>Go on an Adventure Trail and Crack the Clues<\/h2>\n<p>Did you know: the octopus is one of the most intelligent creatures on the planet?! But, it looks like Octo! might need a hand finding some of his lost possessions on the day. Help Octo! by going on an adventure trail across the aquarium to get back his eight shoes. You\u2019ll need to keep your eyes peeled to find all eight!<\/p>\n<h2>Join Us to Celebrate World Octopus Day<\/h2>\n<p>Swim over to the shores of Deep Sea World this October and join our World Octopus Day celebrations! If you <a href=\"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/visitor-information\/tickets-prices\/\">purchase your tickets online<\/a> more than 48 hours in advance, you\u2019ll be able to save up to 25%.<br \/>\nWe\u2019ll see you soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To coincide with World Octopus Day on 8th October, we\u2019re hosting a very special event at Deep Sea World throughout the October half term, full of EIGHT times the fun. We\u2019ll be welcoming a wonderful guest \u2013 Octo! the lesser octopus. Come and join us any day from Saturday 7th until Sunday 22nd October to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepseaworld.com\/event\/join-us-at-our-octo-event-this-half-term\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4406"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4272145815,"href":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406\/revisions\/4272145815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/deep-sea-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}