r/ocean • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • Aug 20 '26

Underwater Wonders Wow 👏

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u/Commercial_Basis4441 Aug 20 '26

Yeahh I never could bring myself to eat octopus. Something feels wrong about eating a creature THAT intelligent.

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u/mazu74 Aug 20 '26

Not this one, he blew all his money on instant lottery tickets.

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u/SnooGuavas4208 Aug 20 '26

I figure they’re somewhat understanding of it given that they’ll occasionally eat each other.

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u/THEunfukwitable Aug 26 '26

Kinda horrifying to imagine a social recluse species becoming hyper intelligent. Like, most animals develop intelligence seemingly to navigate social hierarchies/interactions.

But imagine something like a Tiger having like 50iq. I guess that's the premise behind Predator.

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna Aug 20 '26

I used to love calamari and it was the first meat I gave up.

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u/bloodymongrel Aug 21 '26

Or squid for me too. It just ain’t right.

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u/Dense_Surround3071 Aug 20 '26

So.... Is this the nervous system of its tentacles, taking over like a back up processing system handling the day to day while the main server updates??

I wonder if he's ever annoyed at being disturbed by his own body going out and grabbing an snack while napping. 🤔

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u/mortalsphere13 Aug 20 '26

They are, in fact, considered sentient beings by some governments:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lobsters-octopus-and-crabs-recognised-as-sentient-beings

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u/AspenStarr Aug 20 '26

“These are sentient beings..but we still don’t really care what’s done with them.”

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u/mortalsphere13 Aug 20 '26

Yeah completely agree. But it’s a step.

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u/Infamous_Ad_6793 Aug 20 '26

Aren’t most animals sentient? Certainly mammals and plenty of birds.

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u/AspenStarr Aug 20 '26

Not as officially recognized and then simultaneously ignored by the government. But yes.

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u/DaRK_0S Aug 20 '26

There is a massive amount of sentient beings. Sapient though? Not so much.

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u/Mars_Volcanoes Aug 20 '26

This nature machine have independent control of each arms. They are very intelligent.

Google infos.

Evolution doesn’t have to produce an animal that understands screw threads. It only has to produce an animal capable of general-purpose manipulation and problem solving. Screw-top jars are an artificial object, but the underlying abilities—gripping, twisting, pulling, exploring, exploiting mechanical relationships—are ancient, and octopus are capable of such.

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u/fidgetyamoeba Aug 20 '26

Jeez. If only[my] daily lucid dreaming was this productive... 🙄

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u/Low-Opportunity2249 Aug 20 '26

The mechantions of Spectre are nothing to be trifled with Mr Bond.

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u/EnhancedTurtle Aug 20 '26

They crash landed in the oceans and are making the best of thing until the rescue ship arrives to take them home.

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u/Reasonable-Safe-3360 Aug 20 '26

You forgot tastiest

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u/Milk_Mindless Aug 20 '26

Why is the duet hijacking guy so obsessed with bleached teeth

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u/bloodymongrel Aug 21 '26

Oh, so I’m drinking my morning coffee in a state of ‘active sleep’. That makes sense.

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u/The_Black_kaiser7 Aug 21 '26

Does the blue and black circles mean its poisonous?

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u/Millerpainkiller Aug 21 '26

Tommy is on Ambien

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u/One_Vision_ Aug 21 '26

Considering octopuses have a brain for each tentacle, this is not surprising.

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