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Re:Orcas can imitate human speech, research reveals by astura on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @03:42PM (#16277363)
I don't follow the logic of why intelligence should be the decider of "its ok to kill" over sentience.

Octopuses are incredibly smart but eaten by most Japanese, sometimes even alive.

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Re:Orcas can imitate human speech, research reveals by kleer001 on Thursday February 08, 2018 @02:28PM (#16334836)
> Octopuses are incredibly smart

They are, but their lives are so short they'll never develop language, culture, or any other kind of memetic structure for their species.

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