sonnymax Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 Octopuses Punch Fish, Sometimes For No Apparent Reason What have eight legs, hunt among a group of fish and can throw a mean sucker punch? According to research published in Ecology last week, the answer would be octopuses (yes, octopuses, not octopi—we asked). Octopuses punch fish. Deliberately. Sometimes there's a reason, but other times, there's no discernible excuse. Researchers caught this behavior on video. The first time researcher Eduardo Sampaio witnessed this phenomenon, he laughed. Normally that'd be fine but at the time he was underwater wearing scuba equipment. "I almost choked on my regulator" ... NPR article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 Maybe fish be overbearingly passive-agressive in ways that only water can accurately elocute. Has anybody asked the octopi why they do that? Typical human assumptionalism. OTOH, I gladly eat them both, so I guess I am punishing them both, the way only a human can do. I mean, I don't eat no bear, or anything like that. Either way, oop boop dittum dattum waddum CHEW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 I am sticking with octopi because it is so mathematical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 "No reason" is bullshit. There are obvious reasons: Get the fuck away from me (too close) Keep that shit out of here (getting too close) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 For those who are on the fence with regard to Octopi or Octopuses, and need some enlightenment, might I suggest "My Octopus Teacher" now airing on Netflix. When you're finished, you won't care about proper "pluraling", you'll just be be entranced and fascinated by what you've just seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 52 minutes ago, Dave James said: For those who are on the fence with regard to Octopi or Octopuses, and need some enlightenment, might I suggest "My Octopus Teacher" now airing on Netflix. When you're finished, you won't care about proper "pluraling", you'll just be be entranced and fascinated by what you've just seen. Seconded! Great program! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazztrain Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 5 hours ago, HutchFan said: Seconded! Great program! Another strong recommendation for that program. It's entrancing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 Easily as intelligent as dogs - always enjoyed interacting with them in my diving days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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