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   Ricki Crush Bandicute Tarr (rickitarr@beige.party)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 00:58:44 JST Ricki Crush Bandicute Tarr

   Sometimes Octopi will capture sharks, and just hold onto them for awhile. Scientists speculate that it's to clean parasites off them. What do you think they're up to?

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     isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 (isotope239@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 04:47:01 JST isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣

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     @RickiTarr I think the octopus does it because it's just farting around. Cephalopod researchers have observed octopuses doing all kinds of stuff just for the hell of it: https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/octopuses-playful-choosy-and-smarter-than-you-think I'm sure there's an element (as mentioned in the article) of whether this creature or that object could be good to eat (hey, a fella has to survive!), but it looks to me like they sometimes are just messing around!

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     Mary Hilton (fmhilton@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 04:47:09 JST Mary Hilton

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     @RickiTarr If I were a bored 8 limb octopus and a shark came by, I'd want to play with them, too!

     "I'm bored. I will Love him and squeeze him and call him George. And if he misbehaves, I will punish him and stroke his fur the wrong way. "

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKxrJQlSMXs