Men are from Mars, Octopi are from Venus.
In 2023, despite our advances in technology, the ocean remains as mysterious and impenetrable as ever. So it’s both surprising and unsurprising that scientists have now found underwater ‘cities’ constructed by one of the ocean’s most alien-looking inhabitants: the octopus.
It’s been understood for some time that octopuses are intelligent animals, and they are thought to have roughly the intelligence of a three-year-old child.
There’s something about their bizarre, fluid forms which captures human imagination, and they may even have some understanding of anatomy.
If you get the chance to watch the documentary “My Friend, The Octopus”, take it. (Sorry — correct that to “My Octopus Teacher“. Thanks, dizzy!)
How long before some ‘expert’ says octupi houses are proof of climate change?
bees live in cities…as do ants/bats/etc
“they may even have some understanding of anatomy.”
At the very least, that of Japanese anime girls.
Tentacle hentai: A classic trope going back to the medieval times.
See also: The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife
I’ve met octopi while scuba diving and I can state without hesitation they are smarter than progressives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De1LCQvbqV4
Octopus can probably run cities better than our current crop of politicians.
Are you perhaps referring to “My Octopus Teacher?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyBqZ-_5B_8
Octopus ( octopii?) are pretty cool but I’m still trying to figure out the platypus. Amongst all it’s other weirdness, the platypus has bio-fluorescence. It turns blue under uv light. Weirdest mammal alive.
Ringo said it best.
I’d like to be under the sea
In an octopus’s garden in the shade
He’d let us in, knows where we’ve been
In his octopus’s garden in the shade
I’d ask my friends to come and see
An octopus’s garden with me
I’d like to be under the sea
In an octopus’s garden in the shade
We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus’s garden near a cave
We would sing and dance around
Because we know we can’t be found
I’d like to be under the sea
In an octopus’s garden in the shade
We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they’re happy and they’re safe
(Happy and they’re safe)
We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I’d like to be under the sea
In an octopus’s garden with you
In an octopus’s garden with you
In an octopus’s garden with you
– Ringo Starr
Thank you
Ringo had it going on.
Maybe the octopi cities have roads that are smooth and transit systems that work.
To paraphrase Kate:
I welcome our octopi overlords.
Didn’t the Beatles also sing “Eight Legs A Week”?
That was chuckle inducing.