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Do you have any link to confirm a domesticated octopus that responds to verbal commands? I always understood they barely have any capacity for sound.
by throwaway_law 7y ago
Do you have any link to confirm a domesticated octopus that responds to verbal commands? I always understood they barely have any capacity for sound.
- sandworm101 7y agoCommunication does not require the animal to answer commands. If I am sitting on the couch and my dog brings me her leash, that is her telling me that she wants to go for a walk. Octopus trained to use camera: https://petapixel.com/2015/04/10/this-octopus-was-trained-by-sony-to-take-pictures-of-aquarium-visitors/ https://petapixel.com/2015/04/10/this-octopus-was-trained-by... Wild pacific octopuses are known to have distinct personalities. Some like to interact with divers, a tactile form of communication. https://themarinedetective.com/2015/02/23/gentle-giants-what-to-do-when-you-find-your-dive-buddy-with-a-giant-pacific-octopus-on-her-head/ https://themarinedetective.com/2015/02/23/gentle-giants-what...
- throwaway_law 7y agoThat's fair enough I guess, I took your comment to mean respond to verbal commands >Lots of people communicate with octapuses. Just as my dog and i can converse (ie "do you want food or to go out?") No point in arguing but not sure how teaching a Octopus to push a button (that happens to take a picture) to be communication. And sure I dive and have interacted with Octopi, but I don't go around saying I communicate with Octopi, the same way I wouldn't say I communicate with monkeys if they interact with me by throwing their shit at me...but I get your gist.