Octopus that mimics other animals for defence (youtube)

Posted by jgamman on Sunday October 31, 2010 @12:24AM
from the youtube.com dept.

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Re:Octopus that mimics other animals for defence (youtube) by tree_of_item on Sunday October 31, 2010 @12:30AM (#1852484)

I've read a lot of articles that have given me the impression that octopi are really intelligent, and could be our replacements in the far future.

The sci-fi fan in me is hoping that there's a race of superintelligent octopi deep within the ocean that we just haven't found yet.

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Re:Octopus that mimics other animals for defence (youtube) by bloomshed on Sunday October 31, 2010 @12:46AM (#1852505)

It would be hard to fight a creature with 8 arms and no bones. They would grab all of our extremities and still have four arms left to beat us up.

To quote the esteemed Thomas Callahan the Third: "Run for your lives!!! Your weapons are useless against them!!!"

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Re:Octopus that mimics other animals for defence (youtube) by bloomshed on Sunday October 31, 2010 @12:26AM (#1852481)

I've never met one, but I think octopi are the coolest.

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