Octopus that mimics other animals for defence (youtube)

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2 pointsjgamman3 comments

I've read a lot of articles that have given me the impression that octopi are really intelligent, and could be our replacements in the far future.

The sci-fi fan in me is hoping that there's a race of superintelligent octopi deep within the ocean that we just haven't found yet.

It would be hard to fight a creature with 8 arms and no bones. They would grab all of our extremities and still have four arms left to beat us up.

To quote the esteemed Thomas Callahan the Third: "Run for your lives!!! Your weapons are useless against them!!!"

I've never met one, but I think octopi are the coolest.