CaptainButtFucker t1_jdygamy wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:35 AM

#2,407,543

And they taste amazing.

smeagol90125 t1_jdyhtpr wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:47 AM

#2,407,755

are they omnisexual?

FlattopMaker t1_jdyi2oh wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:49 AM

#2,407,788

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.

the_hell_you_say t1_jdyjab6 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:59 AM

#2,407,985

Hmm, I thought an Octopus had green blood

FlattopMaker t1_jdyjvgw wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:04 AM

#2,408,074

Replying to the_hell_you_say (#2,407,985)

only when the haemocyanin is bleeding out...or it's an octograsshopper (try fiinding a pesticide for *that* one)

crimlawguru t1_jdyk1n9 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:05 AM

#2,408,108

The Royalty of the Ocean.

a_brown_frog t1_jdyk6ub wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:06 AM

#2,408,135

And 9 brains

racewest22 t1_jdymlmg wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:27 AM

#2,408,506

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.

Chickentrap t1_jdynt1m wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:37 AM

#2,408,716

Replying to a_brown_frog (#2,408,135)

Because the limbs are technically brains too?

ShaunDark t1_jdyvxog wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:57 AM

#2,409,921

Replying to Chickentrap (#2,408,716)

No, because each limb actually has a little brain inside it. And a central one in the head

the-magnificunt t1_jdyw0mg wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:58 AM

#2,409,934

Replying to racewest22 (#2,408,506)

They also have 9 brains. NINE.

Koraguz t1_jdyw9ld wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:01 AM

#2,409,977

Replying to racewest22 (#2,408,506)

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.

lo_fi_ho t1_jdz2x32 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 6:21 AM

#2,410,826

So they are royal then.

AnglerJared t1_jdz5th2 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:00 AM

#2,411,171

Replying to the-magnificunt (#2,409,934)

The main one of which is wrapped around their esophaguses. Ergo, if they don’t chew thoroughly enough, they may easily sustain brain damage.

bstowers t1_jdzg113 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 9:31 AM

#2,412,284

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.

gilgobeachslayer t1_jdzmk13 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 10:58 AM

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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

Dakens2021 t1_jdzr3rx wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:47 AM

#2,413,827

3 hearts, ha take that Stacey Q!

racewest22 t1_je02lhw wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:26 PM

#2,415,764

Replying to Koraguz (#2,409,977)

Well, there we go. Very believable, I think.

GonnaGoFar t1_je03ftg wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:33 PM

#2,415,923

Replying to gilgobeachslayer (#2,413,146)

Anatomical diagrams have arteries in red and veins in blue for easy identification.

suvlub t1_je046ze wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:39 PM

#2,416,060

Replying to the-magnificunt (#2,409,934)

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.