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Hearing about the Giant Pacific Octopus always reminds me of the story about the guy who found a novel way to go Octopus hunting when hunting them was illegal.
by PopeDotNinja 6y ago
Hearing about the Giant Pacific Octopus always reminds me of the story about the guy who found a novel way to go Octopus hunting when hunting them was illegal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/magazine/the-octopus-that-almost-ate-seattle.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/magazine/the-octopus-that...
- tmp538394722 6y agoI really enjoyed that article, thanks for sharing! A clarification: from what I can tell reading the article, hunting octopus was not illegal, but there were restrictions against big commercial style net and pot fishing of octopus. I liked how the article juxtaposed the (presumed good) hip locavore restaurant vs the (presumed bad) redneck that just wades in and engages in octafisticuffs.
- r00fus 6y agoI still don't get why the article elevated what was essentially an illegal hunt by a teen idiot. Nothing novel about it. Just breaking rules and conventions to kill a creature for food.
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- aqme28 6y agoI think we read a different article. It made it clear it was a legal hunt by a teen who did some homework on it.
- mrmonkeyman 6y agoHe found a legal way to destroy a highly intelligent living organism for no f* reason at all except his enjoyment. Nothing wrong with that.
- r00fus 6y agoDid you read the comments? The locals knew that octopus. The octopus was an attraction for nearby divers. He killed it and doomed its babies. The article was written by someone clearly amoral about the whole issue.
- tmp538394722 6y agoThat added context makes it sad, but does not make it illegal, which is what you are responding to.