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Re:Just how smart is an octopus? by coldcode on Monday January 09, 2017 @12:17PM (#13357874)
I don't care for eating them either. I imagine them someday becoming the dominant species and eating us in return.
Re:Just how smart is an octopus? by logfromblammo on Monday January 09, 2017 @12:25PM (#13357930)
I don't fear that at all. The males die after mating and the females starve to death on their egg brood. So there is no inter-generational knowledge transfer.

They would revert back to natural tool users with each succeeding generation. As an order, they wouldn't even be able to dominate house cats.