Octopus takes the photo – Republic

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She was the octopus predicted the results of football matches, now is the time to ośmioręcznego photographer.

In the northern part of New Zealand, from our point of view, practically at the end of the world, located in the city of Auckland. He is considered one of the most beautiful places of this distant land, and recently outside scenic views, a modern city and the nearby volcano also offers another attraction. In the local aquarium (Sea Land Aquarium) recently joined a remarkable photographer.

Able oktograf

His name is Rambo, and has eight legs. For this reason, and for the seizure made became known as “oktografa” instead of the usual photographer. Rambo is an octopus that anyone who wants to take pictures. Just pay two dollars, and oktograf already waiting at his equipment ready, press the red shutter button.

Octopus learned this trick already the third attempt. Her coach Mark Vette admitted that he did it faster than learning new tricks and dogs. Career photographer is a marketing campaign led by Sony. The Japanese company supports the aquarium and takes the opportunity to promote its new compact camera TX30. Fees for pictures go to support the facility, and the Rambo can be the occasion to learn faster and faster to catch the smiles on the pictures. This is not the first octopus, which taught the photograph was taken. At the beginning of March in the laboratory of neurobiology at Middlebury College in the US state of Vermont indigenous głowonogowi mounted GoPro camera in the aquarium. The animal did not like the new tenant and the camera was quickly removed with the help of tentacles. During the incident octopus accidentally pressed the shutter and a few times accidentally took a normal picture. Benjamin Savard responsible for photographic experiment site then published them in the network by collecting millions of hits.

Without property rights

The new compact from Sony that New Zealand oktograf takes pictures in accordance the manufacturer’s assurances resistant to virtually everything. Not terrible shock to him, dust and water. The aquarium is of course a special case, in which the most important is the octopus very large shutter button colored in red. It is known that, in spite of the increasing certainty photographic skills, Rambo can not own shots. Under the new guidelines adopted in the middle of last year by the US Office. Property Rights (the US Copyright Office) animals can not be considered to be the creators of images.