racewest22 t1_jdymlmg wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:27 AM

My favorite crazy, unprovable theory is that octopi are aliens that dropped into the ocean from an asteroid or something. Ridiculous, but also octopi have three hearts and blue blood.

Koraguz t1_jdyw9ld wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:01 AM

In Hawaiian mythology they are meant to be basically that if I remembering correctly, universe renewed but they survived, alien survivors from a prior cycle.

racewest22 t1_je02lhw wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:26 PM

Well, there we go. Very believable, I think.

the-magnificunt t1_jdyw0mg wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:58 AM

They also have 9 brains. NINE.

suvlub t1_je046ze wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:39 PM

When an arm gets severed (which the octopus can regrow), it hangs around for a bit, doing stuff, trying to feed a non-existent mouth. Kinda sad tbh.

Also, male octopuses have a special arm they use for mating. In some species, do avoid sexual cannibalism, they have developed a strategy of ripping it off, upon which it swims on its own towards the female to impregnate her. We live in a world where there are sentient penises swimming around and seeking to mate.

AnglerJared t1_jdz5th2 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:00 AM

The main one of which is wrapped around their esophaguses. Ergo, if they don’t chew thoroughly enough, they may easily sustain brain damage.

GreyFoxMe t1_je0cnhc wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:38 PM

Pretty sure that it's provable that they are NOT aliens.