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Re:Tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth by simmerup on Saturday June 08, 2024 @06:16PM (#40620543)
Octopi are cold blooded and smart
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Re:Tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth by tim333 on Saturday June 08, 2024 @07:07PM (#40620784)
But they live in a fairly constant temperature environment compared to a land reptile for example.

Update: they do some funky stuff https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230608120915.h...

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Re:Tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth by thih9 on Monday June 10, 2024 @03:35AM (#40631137)
> The octopuses achieve this by editing their RNA, the messenger molecule between DNA and proteins.

Lesson number two: if you cannot avoid dealing with multiple states, consider monkey patching. The result might resemble an eldritch horror, but at least it will work.

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Re:Tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth by simmerup on Monday June 10, 2024 @12:13PM (#40635142)
No wonder they die so young
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