Submitted by real_aurora_cole t3_1249tqr in todayilearned
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Koraguz t1_jdyw9ld wrote
In Hawaiian mythology they are meant to be basically that if I remembering correctly, universe renewed but they survived, alien survivors from a prior cycle.
racewest22 t1_je02lhw wrote
Well, there we go. Very believable, I think.
the-magnificunt t1_jdyw0mg wrote
They also have 9 brains. NINE.
suvlub t1_je046ze wrote
When an arm gets severed (which the octopus can regrow), it hangs around for a bit, doing stuff, trying to feed a non-existent mouth. Kinda sad tbh.
Also, male octopuses have a special arm they use for mating. In some species, do avoid sexual cannibalism, they have developed a strategy of ripping it off, upon which it swims on its own towards the female to impregnate her. We live in a world where there are sentient penises swimming around and seeking to mate.
AnglerJared t1_jdz5th2 wrote
The main one of which is wrapped around their esophaguses. Ergo, if they don’t chew thoroughly enough, they may easily sustain brain damage.
GreyFoxMe t1_je0cnhc wrote
Pretty sure that it's provable that they are NOT aliens.
FlattopMaker t1_jdyi2oh wrote
I only learned this thanks to Google when I was learning about how we use horseshoe crab blue blood to test that IV drugs and implants are hygenic enough for human use.
crimlawguru t1_jdyk1n9 wrote
The Royalty of the Ocean.
dixadik t1_je25758 wrote
They don't get much sun down there
a_brown_frog t1_jdyk6ub wrote
And 9 brains
Chickentrap t1_jdynt1m wrote
Because the limbs are technically brains too?
ShaunDark t1_jdyvxog wrote
No, because each limb actually has a little brain inside it. And a central one in the head
lo_fi_ho t1_jdz2x32 wrote
So they are royal then.
AmnesiaInnocent t1_je0na8m wrote
or Vulcan...
bstowers t1_jdzg113 wrote
And they are busily constructing their forward operations base deep in the ocean to wage an invasion when the rest of their fleet arrives from Betelgeuse.
Dakens2021 t1_jdzr3rx wrote
3 hearts, ha take that Stacey Q!
Khancap123 t1_je16h8a wrote
They evolved in the sea to escape the coming of Lenin.
Welshgirlie2 t1_je29qcx wrote
More than a Timelord has!
CaptainButtFucker t1_jdygamy wrote
And they taste amazing.
the_hell_you_say t1_jdyjab6 wrote
Hmm, I thought an Octopus had green blood
FlattopMaker t1_jdyjvgw wrote
only when the haemocyanin is bleeding out...or it's an octograsshopper (try fiinding a pesticide for *that* one)
gilgobeachslayer t1_jdzmk13 wrote
Everyone has blue blood it just turns red when it hits the air. I and everyone I went to school with believed this as a kid for some reason
GonnaGoFar t1_je03ftg wrote
Anatomical diagrams have arteries in red and veins in blue for easy identification.
racewest22 t1_je0nhru wrote
My health teacher told us it was blue until it hit the air. I don't think her degree was in a science, haha.
smeagol90125 t1_jdyhtpr wrote
are they omnisexual?
racewest22 t1_jdymlmg wrote
My favorite crazy, unprovable theory is that octopi are aliens that dropped into the ocean from an asteroid or something. Ridiculous, but also octopi have three hearts and blue blood.