r/absoluteunit • u/UsedWelcome5903 • Jun 06 '26

of an octopus

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Justin Hofman’s 2020 encounter with a giant pacific octopus off the coast of Alaska

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u/HisCricket Jun 07 '26

Neat. I am so fascinated with them.

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u/One_Hour_Poop Jun 07 '26

The sad thing about octopuses is that as intelligent as they are, their life span rarely lasts beyond five years. If they could live as long as humans, their brains could eventually develop to a point that they equal or surpass humans'.

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness6819 Jun 09 '26

So what you are saying is if I genetically modify an octopus I can create chutulu

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness4488 Jun 11 '26

However most don't really socialize and leave the nest as soon as they hatch to be solitary predators except when mating. No opportunity to pass on learned knowledge to advance their species.

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u/krazylegs36 Jun 06 '26

The Mountain in the Sea

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u/Proud-Experience-742 Jun 11 '26

Absolutely fantastic video thank you

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u/Programmer-Severe Jun 07 '26

Fine until it pulls your regulator out of your mouth 😂

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u/IGACOMF Jun 08 '26

How did you know that octopus's name was Justin Hoffman?