On another note, I found the depiction of aliens called heptapods (which look like space octopuses) in Arrival fascinating and awesome!
Trending Science: Do octopuses come from outer space? https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/123479-trending-science-...
What Octopus Minds May Tell Us About Aliens https://www.npr.org/2022/03/30/1089748972/what-octopus-minds...
DNA Proves Octopuses Are "Aliens" https://octopus.org.nz/content/dna-proves-octopuses-are-alie...
Octopus Intelligence Sheds Light on Evolution of Complex Brains https://www.genengnews.com/neuroscience/octopus-intelligence...
Inside the grand and sometimes slimy plan to turn octopuses into lab animals- https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/insid...
Recently read a New Yorker article that was arguing for "free-range" lab mice which may actually be better for the experiments themselves. I hope there's enough oversight for these programs.