Tool use by octopus

thrash · 12-15-2009, 01:21 PM

Just what it says.

Makes the case for uplifting them that much stronger.

tshiggins · 12-15-2009, 10:49 PM

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chrisd · 12-16-2009, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by thrash

Just what it says.

Makes the case for uplifting them that much stronger.

Try Just what it says.

jeff_wilson · 12-16-2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisd

Try Just what it says.

Geez, can't a cephalopod get any privacy any more?

thrash · 12-16-2009, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by tshiggins

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Drat! their tentacles are everywhere.

martinl · 12-16-2009, 11:33 AM

I want to know if it's the same octopus if it moves into a different coconut shell.

Flyndaran · 12-16-2009, 11:34 AM

Such recent findings, in my opinion, put that at primate level, something I was quite skeptical of. But that's with only 1-4 year lifespans.
The most effective way to "increase their intelligence" may be as THS simple as making them live longer.
That would be so wonderfully creepy. You don't have to finagle humanocentric forms of smarts if they can easily develop their own alien forms. A true alien rather than just modified humans and human thought processes "stapled" onto non-humans.

tshiggins · 12-16-2009, 07:51 PM

Okay, the second link worked. That was funny.

Did you guys read the link in that story, that led to the longer article about the mischievous behavior of octopuses? I really liked the one that snuck out of its tank at night, slithered across the floor to another tank, climbed in, ate the fish, climbed back out, and snuck back to its own tank.

That article also discussed the notion that they may dream. That's certainly incorrect. Clearly, they spend part of their time communing with Great Cthulhu.

sir_pudding · 12-16-2009, 08:28 PM

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FWIW, it only needs one "http".

12-15-2009, 01:21 PM	#1
thrash Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: traveller	Tool use by octopus Just what it says. Makes the case for uplifting them that much stronger. Last edited by thrash; 12-16-2009 at 09:43 PM. Reason: Fixed the dang link, already.

12-15-2009, 10:49 PM	#2
tshiggins Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, Colorado	Re: Tool use by octopus Server not found. __________________ -- MXLP:9 [JD=1, DK=1, DM-M=1, M(FAW)=1, SS=2, Nym=1 (nose coffee), sj=1 (nose cocoa), Maz=1] "Some days, I just don't know what to think." -Daryl Dixon.

12-16-2009, 11:33 AM	#6
martinl Join Date: Jan 2006	Re: Tool use by octopus I want to know if it's the same octopus if it moves into a different coconut shell.

12-16-2009, 11:34 AM	#7
Flyndaran Untagged Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon	Re: Tool use by octopus Such recent findings, in my opinion, put that at primate level, something I was quite skeptical of. But that's with only 1-4 year lifespans. The most effective way to "increase their intelligence" may be as THS simple as making them live longer. That would be so wonderfully creepy. You don't have to finagle humanocentric forms of smarts if they can easily develop their own alien forms. A true alien rather than just modified humans and human thought processes "stapled" onto non-humans.

12-16-2009, 07:51 PM	#8
tshiggins Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, Colorado	Re: Tool use by octopus Okay, the second link worked. That was funny. Did you guys read the link in that story, that led to the longer article about the mischievous behavior of octopuses? I really liked the one that snuck out of its tank at night, slithered across the floor to another tank, climbed in, ate the fish, climbed back out, and snuck back to its own tank. That article also discussed the notion that they may dream. That's certainly incorrect. Clearly, they spend part of their time communing with Great Cthulhu. __________________ -- MXLP:9 [JD=1, DK=1, DM-M=1, M(FAW)=1, SS=2, Nym=1 (nose coffee), sj=1 (nose cocoa), Maz=1] "Some days, I just don't know what to think." -Daryl Dixon.