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Octopi essentially consent. They are avid cannibals. In the octopi universe eating an octopi is clearly ok.
by blamestross 3mo ago
Octopi essentially consent. They are avid cannibals. In the octopi universe eating an octopi is clearly ok.
- teravor 3mo agois there a case for a long lived animal being a cannibal? I would imagine that prion risk will select for aversion.
- aziaziazi 3mo agoSalmons decay after spawning, then die. Their offspring eat the nutrients presents in the water, including their parents leftovers.
- fittingopposite 3mo agoFyi octopus is a Greek not Latin word (meaning 8 feet) and its correct plural would be rather octopodes.
- Nursie 3mo agoOctopi is equally correct because we're speaking English and frequency of use trumps etymological cromulence. Octopuses works too. I quite like "Octopods" because -podes is unusual in English, though not entirely absent (see Antipodes). (I'm not sure "an Octopi" is correct in any of these cases!)
- jamiejquinn 3mo agoDing ding! We've found our best candidate for ambassador to a newly discovered alien species!
- blamestross 2mo agoI'd go, fully expecting to be eaten for the good of mankind.