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catbyte

(34,376 posts) Tue Jul 9, 2019, 07:17 PM Jul 2019

Octopus Thanks The People Who Saved His Life

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Octopus Thanks The People Who Saved His Life (Original Post) catbyte Jul 2019 OP

I love "The Dodo"... targetpractice Jul 2019 #1

read "The Soul of an Octopus," about a year ago... dhill926 Jul 2019 #2

Aww! We "really shouldn't eat octopus." Duppers Jul 2019 #3

targetpractice

(4,919 posts)

1. I love "The Dodo"...

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 07:22 PM

Jul 2019

...And, I agree that octopi are very smart. But, that video looks like a few people just standing around an octopus to me.

Maybe, you had to be there.

dhill926

(16,337 posts)

2. read "The Soul of an Octopus," about a year ago...

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 08:14 PM

Jul 2019

incredible book...

Duppers

(28,120 posts)

3. Aww! We "really shouldn't eat octopus."

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 02:06 AM

Jul 2019

Do you care about animals? Then you really shouldn’t eat octopus"
They may be delicious and sure, there are lots of them, but next time you’re chomping down on your barbecued octopus, just remember they were the first intelligent beings on Earth and have more genes than you do.
Go ahead, order the calamari. I’ll sit back and scowl silently, and think about Ozymandias.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/26/do-you-care-about-animals-then-you-really-shouldnt-eat-octopus

Here's my favorite octopus story - he's brilliant:

Otto the octopus wrecks havoc
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3328480/Otto-the-octopus-wrecks-havoc.html

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