if someone genetically modifies octopus to survive sexual maturity, we’d probably have a contender they have a mutation where their digestive tract closes as s

if someone genetically modifies octopus to survive sexual maturity, we’d probably have a contender they have a mutation where their digestive tract closes as soon as they can mate, but they reproduce so thats the only thing optimized for in natural selection fix that and we can see where that cognition goes