Deep-Sea Octopus Nursery
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nautil.us
(The Hollies, sort of)
I truly believe we can "sign-language" with cuttlefish, if we try. We can more than likely attempt to involve ourselves with the Octopus villages/covens we keep finding all over the place - they are social creatures, just perhaps not in the littoral species .. - and we should _really_ stop eating them. In the same way we don't eat monkeys.
Anyway, these compulsions in my case are internal, and I dare not express just how much I love these creatures and want them to be a part of the human experiences because every time I have encountered them in their world, it has made my world even more amazing, too.
The question of whether we should cross the human/octupus non-communication gap is a deep and serious one. Think about it next time you find one on the reef.