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[–] Bysmuth@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago

Did no one notice the giant puddle of water between the tanks?

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 4 points 5 months ago

Makes me sad tbh.

[–] Tooden@aus.social 4 points 5 months ago

@LadyButterfly Alt text available on link.
This is such a wonderfully funny story. Yes, octopuses are scary clever.

[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I, for one, welcome our eight appendage overlords

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 4 points 5 months ago

They're smart as individuals, but they don't have generational knowledge so we're safe. If they figure out how to reproduce without dying right away, we're in trouble.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 5 months ago

This is true. Many aquariums with octopuses have to do something similar.

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
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