Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. Just like nurses ask patients to step on the scale at their annual checkup, weight is an important metric in animal healthcare. Measuring some animals’ weight, however, isn’t as straightforward as it is for human patients. The team at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, has devised a great approach for their Giant pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) named Glinda.  A video posted to Facebook shows an aquarist move the pinkish invertebrate into a basket that drains out the water, and then pass the octopus-filled basket to a second person who places it on a scale before handing it back.  “Aquarist Brooke has been working with Glinda, the giant Pacific octopus, to allow herself to be scooped into this basket through …