Octopuses seen hunting together with fish in rare video — and punching fish that don't cooperate

[evrheel]

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Octopuses recorded hunting with fish — and punching those that don't cooperate

Octopuses have often been thought to prowl the seafloor solo using camouflage. But a new study suggests that some have surprisingly rich social lives.

www.nbcnews.com

This one opens with an Octopus punching a fish

Octopuses and fish caught on camera hunting as a team

Although typically considered solitary animals, octopuses sometimes work with fish to entrap prey.

www.nature.com

 

[Milk and Cookies]

That doc My Octopus Teacher really messed me up. I can't eat octopus in restaurants anymore. It just seems like they have so much cognition -- its freaky. Octopus are way underestimated as an apex species.

 

[evrheel]

That doc My Octopus Teacher really messed me up. I can't eat octopus in restaurants anymore. It just seems like they have so much cognition -- its freaky. Octopus are way underestimated as an apex species.

Lobsters, octopus and crabs recognised as sentient beings

Amendment to Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill following LSE report on decapod and cephalopod sentience

www.gov.uk

Lobsters, octopus and crabs recognized as sentient beings​

Amendment to Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill following LSE report on decapod and cephalopod sentience

 

[EyeballKid]

Lobsters, octopus and crabs recognised as sentient beings

Amendment to Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill following LSE report on decapod and cephalopod sentience

www.gov.uk

Lobsters, octopus and crabs recognized as sentient beings​

Amendment to Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill following LSE report on decapod and cephalopod sentience

I went lobstering in the Florida Keys a few weeks ago. They weren’t sentient enough to evade a “tickle stick,” but they were certainly delicious, and I give them thanks for their service.

 

[evrheel]

That doc My Octopus Teacher really messed me up. I can't eat octopus in restaurants anymore. It just seems like they have so much cognition -- its freaky. Octopus are way underestimated as an apex species.

 

[nycfan]

Really interesting stuff.

 

[farce©]

This is the content I would probably never see if it weren’t for this forum. It’s one of the reasons I cringe when other posters want to limit the board to politics.

 

[CarolinaFever]

I think they are aliens.

 

[fourheels]

I think they are aliens.

 

[TarSpiel]

 

[SnoopRob]

I wonder what an octopus boxing match would look like?

 

[BlooVooDoo]

I think they are aliens.

 

[Harkthasound]

Now I’m trying to figure where I was taught to use the plural “octopi.”

 

[Geisterfahrer]

I went lobstering in the Florida Keys a few weeks ago. They weren’t sentient enough to evade a “tickle stick,” but they were certainly delicious, and I give them thanks for their service.

Maybe you’re just underestimating them. I know when my wife breaks out the tickle stick, I’m not going anywhere.

 

[CarolinaFever]

Maybe you’re just underestimating them. I know when my wife breaks out the tickle stick, I’m not going anywhere.

 

[rodoheel]

Lobsters, octopus and crabs recognised as sentient beings

Amendment to Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill following LSE report on decapod and cephalopod sentience

www.gov.uk

Lobsters, octopus and crabs recognized as sentient beings​

Amendment to Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill following LSE report on decapod and cephalopod sentience

Does that mean we can't boil them alive anymore?

 

[rodoheel]

I know when my wife breaks out the tickle stick, I’m not going anywhere.

 

[BlueCheckmark]

This is the content I would probably never see if it weren’t for this forum. It’s one of the reasons I cringe when other posters want to limit the board to politics.

Agreed. I’d love for something like the original zzl board before they broke it.

 

[finesse]

Never have understood why humans thought there was such a gap between them and the rest of the animal kingdom. Not much, other than the ability to record and pass on knowledge that is unique to us. They even get high and party.

 

[CarolinaFever]

Never have understood why humans thought there was such a gap between them and the rest of the animal kingdom. Not much, other than the ability to record and pass on knowledge that is unique to us. They even get high and party.

And play poker.