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"A recently proposed aquaculture octopus farm in the Canary Islands would raise
3,000 metric tons of octopus a year, which means almost 275,000 individual
octopuses will be killed annually.
My research examines animal minds and ethics, and to me, the phrase "octopus
culture" brings to mind Octopolis and Octlantis, two communities of wild
octopuses in Jervis Bay, Australia.
In Octopolis, numerous octopuses share – and fight over – a few square meters
of seabed. In these watery towns, octopuses form dominance hierarchies, and
they've started developing new behaviors: male octopuses fight over territory
and, perhaps, females by throwing debris at one another and boxing."
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
