The Jar

On the second morning, Chiara brought a jar to Pasta's tank. The jar had a screw lid. Inside was a live crab.

Drugog jutra, Chiara je donijela staklenku do Pasta akvarija. Staklenka je imala poklopac na navoj. Unutra je bio živi rak.

Chiara dropped the jar into the water. It sank slowly. Pasta did not lunge.

Chiara je spustila staklenku u vodu. Polako je tonula. Pasta nije odmah reagirala.

Polly perched on the rim. The crab moved inside the jar. Pasta touched the jar with one arm. Her arms can taste what they touch.

Polly je sjedila na rubu. Rak se kretao unutar staklenke. Pasta je dotaknula staklenku jednom rukom. Njene ruke mogu okusiti ono što dotaknu.

Pasta gathered the jar with two arms. She turned it slowly. A third arm worked at the lid.

Pasta je uhvatila staklenku s dvije ruke. Polako ju je okretala. Treća ruka radila je na poklopcu.

Octopuses can open screw-top jars. They have done it in labs since the 1950s. They feel the threads with their suckers. Then they turn the lid.

Hobotnice mogu otvoriti staklenke s navojem. To rade u laboratorijima od 1950-ih. Osjećaju navoje svojim pipcima. Zatim okreću poklopac.

Pasta turned the lid. It popped off. The crab tried to escape. But Pasta's fourth arm was waiting. The crab was gone.

Pasta je okrenula poklopac. Skočio je. Rak je pokušao pobjeći. Ali Pastina četvrta ruka je čekala. Rak je nestao.

Chiara wrote on her clipboard. "Three minutes. She is getting fast."

Chiara je zapisala na svoju pločicu. "Tri minute. Postaje brža."

Octopuses are very strange. They have three hearts. Their blood is blue. They live only three to five years. Pasta was already two.

Hobotnice su vrlo čudne. Imaju tri srca. Njihova krv je plava. Žive samo tri do pet godina. Pasta je već imala dvije.

She would learn everything she would ever know in the time she had left.

Naučit će sve što ikada može naučiti u vremenu koje joj je preostalo.