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Victor Jr. et al's avatar

Lovely creature.

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

Octopuses are brilliant creatures and were among Oliver Sacks's favorite beings. I highly recommend this book:

• "Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness" by Sy Montgomery

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InfoHog's avatar

"Octopuses are seriously smart. They can use tools and solve complex problems"

... that means, we either now start politician-farming, or we'd be horrible hypocrites, killing superior beings...

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epimetheus's avatar

Excellent trolling.

I'd only call into the question that politicians are 'seriously smart', to say nothing about them being able to use tools (the last one I've seen using a chain-saw was W, although the 'problems' he solved can't be called 'complex').

Also: have you seen this:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v39/n17/amia-srinivasan/the-sucker-the-sucker

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Amy Harlib's avatar

Signed and shared.

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epimetheus's avatar

Thank you very much!

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Irena's avatar

I'm not saying I like this, but I'm having a hard time seeing how it's any worse than feedlots. And pigs are smarter than octopuses.

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epimetheus's avatar

I'm not saying you're incorrect about the feedlot comparison: both notions are disgusting.

As far as I'm concerned, I think it's worth a signature to stop industrial 'aquaculture' from expanding.

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