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Re: Octopuses seen hunting together with fish

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post #16

I used to love eating octopus, but since I've learned so much about their intelligence, I have not been able to bring myself to do so, anymore. I have the luxury of choice. There are many, in this world, that do not.

A female octopus will try to eat the male octopus, so the intelligence is not at empathy or morality levels.

Okay, but maybe they deserve it? Hard for me to tell since I’m not an octopus

Re: Octopuses seen hunting together with fish

#22
aside: me after reading the headline: Shouldn't that be Octopii?

But no! "The plural form octopii is doubly incorrect. Firstly, octopus derives from Greek, not Latin; its etymologically-consistent plural form is octopodes. Secondly, even if octopus were a second-declension Latin noun, the plural form would be octopi; in the correct plurals radii and gladii, with which octopii is analogous, the first ‘i’s are part of the words’ stems (radi- and gladi-), and not their case endings — for octopii to be the plural, *octopius would need to be the singular."

Thanks wikipedia.

TIL!

Re: Octopuses seen hunting together with fish

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Octopuses are much more intelligent than many give them credit for, but sadly I also love takoyaki (but then again, eating horse and whale is also culturally acceptable in Japan, one of the few countries that allow it; I've tried both as well, they're pretty good).

I think you can even eat raw horse meat in France.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/inside-frances-fading-love-a...

Re: Octopuses seen hunting together with fish

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So are Octopuses really intelligent if they are in management?

and is punching an effective management tool?

For the octopus it is. Of course, they have many more arms to punch with so this might not translate well to management of humans.

Re: Octopuses seen hunting together with fish

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Octopuses are much more intelligent than many give them credit for, but sadly I also love takoyaki (but then again, eating horse and whale is also culturally acceptable in Japan, one of the few countries that allow it; I've tried both as well, they're pretty good).

nothing personal against you, but it's funny that as a species we see "interesting fact about an animal" and we're like "hey, I eat that!"

Re: Octopuses seen hunting together with fish

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post #16

I used to love eating octopus, but since I've learned so much about their intelligence, I have not been able to bring myself to do so, anymore. I have the luxury of choice. There are many, in this world, that do not.

A female octopus will try to eat the male octopus, so the intelligence is not at empathy or morality levels.

are you sure? maybe they feel really bad about it after

Re: Octopuses seen hunting together with fish

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post #16

I used to love eating octopus, but since I've learned so much about their intelligence, I have not been able to bring myself to do so, anymore. I have the luxury of choice. There are many, in this world, that do not.

A female octopus will try to eat the male octopus, so the intelligence is not at empathy or morality levels.

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Re: Octopuses seen hunting together with fish

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post #21
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A female octopus will try to eat the male octopus, so the intelligence is not at empathy or morality levels.

Okay, but maybe they deserve it? Hard for me to tell since I’m not an octopus

The males die shortly after mating.. it's hypothesized that the males may even offer their body as nutrition...as a way to maximize their offspring's success.

So this adds another layer of wtf.

Doesn't really help moralize human behavior though.

Re: Octopuses seen hunting together with fish

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post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

and is punching an effective management tool?

For the octopus it is. Of course, they have many more arms to punch with so this might not translate well to management of humans.

Eight direct reports.

Re: Octopuses seen hunting together with fish

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Horse meat is really good. Not sure why we still forbid it in the United States considering how we eat plenty of cows and horseback riding is more or less a hobby now.

It’s taboo like eating dog. I don’t even know that’s it illegal

Not in all states (it is illegal in some), but there's no mechanism for USDA inspection of the horse, which means you can't sell it.

If you slaughtered and ate your own horse, it would probably be legal (and, at personal scale, probably would not be noticed even if it were not). But ask a lawyer.

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