He had several, because all the cool scientists like cephalopods, and they’re still bottled up and preserved in museums.
No word on the status of Darwin’s pet cat.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Preserving your pet in formaldehyde feels ghoulish.
It’s probably alcohol, which makes it all right.
How hard is it to keep a cephalopod as a pet anyway? Have you ever been tempted PZ? We all know how you feel about your pet cat.
Have they checked the octopus’s stomach?
What about his vermicelli?
Here’s another of Darwin’s octopuses
http://friendsofdarwin.com/20090716/
It looks like a delicious fermented treat.