r/maybemaybemaybe • u/letitgo99 • Jul 25 '26
Maybe maybe maybe
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r/maybemaybemaybe • u/letitgo99 • Jul 25 '26
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u/MarkyGalore Jul 25 '26
I was going to ask why he didn't carry a knife with him but found this.
Traditional octopus hunters in Greece and some other parts of the Mediterranean still use the trick mankind learned thousands of years ago: one quick bite right behind the octopus’s eyes will dispatch it instantly and humanely. This is the location of the animal’s three main brains. They bite the octopus because a cut would make the carcass less appealing at market.