A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they're too smart for that
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Re: A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they're too smart for that
#2Pigs are pretty smart, too.
Re: A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they're too smart for that
#3I wonder if its easier to grow octopus flesh vs meat. Meat has the issue of all the blood vessels and stuff, but my off the head take seems that octopus might avoid that sort of issue?
Re: A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they're too smart for that
#4Ugh what next, farm chimpanzees for their meat?
Re: A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they're too smart for that
#5I wonder if its easier to grow octopus flesh vs meat. Meat has the issue of all the blood vessels and stuff, but my off the head take seems that octopus might avoid that sort of issue?
Octopus tentacles are semiautonomous
Re: A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they're too smart for that
#6I wonder if its easier to grow octopus flesh vs meat. Meat has the issue of all the blood vessels and stuff, but my off the head take seems that octopus might avoid that sort of issue?
Octopus flesh has the issue of containing the majority of the octopus’ neurons [0]. Life is weird.
[0] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-mind-of-an-oc...
Re: A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they're too smart for that
#7Ugh what next, farm chimpanzees for their meat?
I mean, they aren’t farmed for meat but monkey farms do exist: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/28/monkey...
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#8Ugh what next, farm chimpanzees for their meat?
Not to be low-effort, but you know Soylent Green is people, right?
I always was a little mystified at their choice of name over at the actual Soylent meal replacement company. And their choice to feature their green Soylent product as the main banner on their webpage.
Re: A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they're too smart for that
#9Ugh what next, farm chimpanzees for their meat?
We don't eat chimps much. We do eat a lot of octopuses.
Re: A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they're too smart for that
#10I always wince when I see octopus on a menu. Or on a plate.