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because how else they would pilot their flying saucers to earth? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/octopus-aliens-scientists-theory-meteors-space-eart

• starbeast 8y ago
  What we see as an octopus is only a three dimensional slice of their true form, obviously. They are actually a physical manifestation of the monster group.
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  • mirimir 8y ago
    Yes, and that accounts for the apparently short lifetime.
• clubm8 8y ago
  If life (microbes, spores etc) can be carried on interstellar comets/asteriods, maybe the distinction between "alien" and "terrestrial" is an artificial human construction.
• DanielleMolloy 8y ago
  Why the downvotes? The article refers to this paper from August this year: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079610718300798 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S007961071... Signed by 33 authors and published in a peer-reviewed, seemingly established journal. Thanks for the pointer!
  • kevinmchugh 8y ago
    The signatories have very poor reputations and their argument is at conflict with most very basic facts about octopus biology