It's why I stopped ordering tako at Japanese restos. Pulpo at tapas places used to be one of my faves as well. Alas, I think they're too intelligent to eat. No judgements though, to each, their own.
It's why I stopped ordering tako at Japanese restos. Pulpo at tapas places used to be one of my faves as well. Alas, I think they're too intelligent to eat. No judgements though, to each, their own.
It's why I stopped ordering tako at Japanese restos. Pulpo at tapas places used to be one of my faves as well. Alas, I think they're too intelligent to eat. No judgements though, to each, their own.
I’ve never eaten octopus due to dietary restrictions; but while watching the documentary we both actually cried. And I am not a card carrying PETA member. A really good documentary! Really touching, in a very surprising way.
And the resort we’re at has over-water bungalows. Under 1 lives a good sized octopus that is pretty comfortable hanging with people. Snorkeling I was maybe 2.5 feet above her it’s so shallow. She was totally chill. I hung with her several hours over 3 days just watching her. They’re such fascinating animals. Twice I move my hand slowly close to see if she’d reach out. If I got close to touching her she’d direct a jet off water on my hand like “back it up.” So cool. Truly like an alien, and there’s an intelligence there.
The 10 smartest animals include chimpanzees, dolphins, orangutans, elephants and crows, known for their advanced problem-solving skills, communication, and social behaviors.
Rats, octopuses, pigeons, squirrels and pigs also display high intelligence through behaviors like tool use, navigation, and memory.
I don't choose what I eat based on my understanding that they aren't smart. I choose what I eat based on accessibility (first) and affordability (second).
Technically, the plural for octopus is technically "octopodes" (from the Greek), not "octopi", which I always thought was correct (thinking it came from the Latin).
As it turns out, it has become "Englishized" to become Octopuses. As far as my being smarter than anybody (including the octopuses I plead conclusively innocent).
The best part is though that the octopus leaders actually reinforces order in these hunting parties by punching party crashing fish. Some crazy shit.
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Still, any good party has its crashers. In this case, blacktip groupers wait off to the side and watch. “Once they see prey,” Sampaio says, “they move and try to get it.”
But these blacktips pay a price for their freeloading. Almost half the time they’re in the group, the octopus punches them. The first time he saw it, Sampaio cracked up.
He says the octopus punches other fish, too, if they’re not pulling their weight or if the group is at a standstill for too long. “And then this creates more movement in the group, and then the octopus stops punching.”
By the time you eat them they've probably already got five tentacle in the grave
Time is a construct, that one year for them, feels like 40 years to us. You need to do some reading on time and how we perceive it. It's why a summer when you are a kid feels endless, and when you get old the years melt off.
They are fucking delicious but this is one thing I do struggle with.
RE: RE: They only live for a year or two in the open
By the time you eat them they've probably already got five tentacle in the grave
Time is a construct, that one year for them, feels like 40 years to us. You need to do some reading on time and how we perceive it. It's why a summer when you are a kid feels endless, and when you get old the years melt off.
They are fucking delicious but this is one thing I do struggle with.
I've spent as much time today reading about optopuses as I ever intend to, other than maybe recipes.
on a professional basis, I am sure they would no problem eating me and I have no problem eating them. They are both smart and delicious and according to a Cantonese proverb, you are what you eat.
I am surprised that no one has brought up the fact that they can regenerate limbs, the truly sustainable approach. Although most octopi are advertised as wild caught, they are essentially farmed by manipulating habitat by providing artificial shelter (amphorae, clay pots) for these engaging, smart and delicious mollusks.
RE: As someone who deals with the occasional octopi
Agreed!
You taught me something, today. I'll watch that film, for sure - "not just a visitor, but part of it"
Link - ( New Window )
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It's why I stopped ordering tako at Japanese restos. Pulpo at tapas places used to be one of my faves as well. Alas, I think they're too intelligent to eat. No judgements though, to each, their own.
same. Can’t bring myself to eat them anymore.
Thank God cows are as dumb as they are delicious.
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The 10 smartest animals include chimpanzees, dolphins, orangutans, elephants and crows, known for their advanced problem-solving skills, communication, and social behaviors.
Rats, octopuses, pigeons, squirrels and pigs also display high intelligence through behaviors like tool use, navigation, and memory.
Octopi is accepted, but octopuses is preferred.
I don't choose what I eat based on my understanding that they aren't smart. I choose what I eat based on accessibility (first) and affordability (second).
They are not extra-terrestrial just because they have different genetics.
Technically, the plural for octopus is technically "octopodes" (from the Greek), not "octopi", which I always thought was correct (thinking it came from the Latin).
As it turns out, it has become "Englishized" to become Octopuses. As far as my being smarter than anybody (including the octopuses I plead conclusively innocent).
https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2022/02/01/plural-octopus/
But these blacktips pay a price for their freeloading. Almost half the time they’re in the group, the octopus punches them. The first time he saw it, Sampaio cracked up.
He says the octopus punches other fish, too, if they’re not pulling their weight or if the group is at a standstill for too long. “And then this creates more movement in the group, and then the octopus stops punching.”
Octopuses and fish share leadership — and enforcement — in group hunting - ( New Window )
Time is a construct, that one year for them, feels like 40 years to us. You need to do some reading on time and how we perceive it. It's why a summer when you are a kid feels endless, and when you get old the years melt off.
They are fucking delicious but this is one thing I do struggle with.
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By the time you eat them they've probably already got five tentacle in the grave
Time is a construct, that one year for them, feels like 40 years to us. You need to do some reading on time and how we perceive it. It's why a summer when you are a kid feels endless, and when you get old the years melt off.
They are fucking delicious but this is one thing I do struggle with.
I've spent as much time today reading about optopuses as I ever intend to, other than maybe recipes.
I am surprised that no one has brought up the fact that they can regenerate limbs, the truly sustainable approach. Although most octopi are advertised as wild caught, they are essentially farmed by manipulating habitat by providing artificial shelter (amphorae, clay pots) for these engaging, smart and delicious mollusks.
I am surprised that no one has brought up the fact that they can regenerate limbs,
So there we are, to paraphrase, you can have your octopus and eat it too. Problem solved