Ringo the blue-ringed octopus catches his own shrimp, finally

The Reef Doc's one new Short asks whether hand feeding should stop, and its comments have given the octopus a name and a reputation.

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Should I just keep hand feeding him? #petoctopus #blueringedoctopus #octopus #thereefdoc

The Reef Doc's one upload of the week poses a parenting question to an octopus: "Should I just keep hand feeding him?" The him is a blue-ringed octopus, and the answer, going by the comments, is no. He caught a shrimp himself, and many viewers point to how his rings turned a deep, vivid blue as he did it.

The comment section has settled on a name, Ringo, and a theory: that he has been playing helpless so the food keeps coming. Some call it weaponized incompetence, others a long con. One viewer was taken with the way he stretched up on the tips of his arms, almost on tiptoe, before the catch. Six hours in, it had about 35,000 views.

Most of the channel's momentum still comes from the puzzle Short, "What puzzle should he solve next?", which went up twelve days ago and has passed 3.6 million views, as we reported here. Behind it, a video about mother octopuses who die before their eggs hatch keeps finding viewers, and so does the summer upload "This octopus outsmarted me".

The days ran at well under the channel's usual pace, yet about 6,000 new subscribers arrived over the week. Among the pet and animal channels nearest its size, only Cactus gathered more views. For a channel that sums itself up as rescuing and keeping pet octopuses, Ringo learning to hunt is the right kind of news.

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The numbers

Here is how The Reef Doc's week looks in figures.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Cactus

19,316,942

The Reef Doc

5,888,956

Tail Talks

5,208,862

Catzooka

5,035,555

Levi, Smuckers & The Twins

4,517,768

CatchyMals

3,346,783

Feelory

2,328,107

kyreptilezoo

1,903,387

Tommy’s Reptiles

196,988

subscribers

354,000

▲ 6,000 in the last 7 days

total views

204,143,599

views per day

294,571

typical day: 631,590

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Tail Talks

436,000

kyreptilezoo

434,000

Feelory

425,000

Catzooka

411,000

Levi, Smuckers & The Twins

382,000

Cactus

367,000

The Reef Doc

354,000

CatchyMals

304,000

Tommy’s Reptiles

283,000

As of October 9, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.