r/animalsdoingstuff • u/cdbmeme • 27d ago

Funny Octopus retaliation

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u/LE_Literature 27d ago edited 26d ago

Fighting an octopus has got to be harrowing but this dude fucking deserves it, I mean really, why you jabbing one of nature's smartest animals with a stick?

Edit: people keep responding that this guy is hunting as if my question wasn't a rhetorical question that's really a statement of "don't just jab at octopodes with a sharp stick"

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u/Aggressive_Worth_990 27d ago

These things can use tools and he's treating it like a dead pigeon or something

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u/adeadbeathorse 27d ago

Pigeons are quite smart themselves, you know?

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u/Edgy4YearOld 27d ago

Even when they're dead? Impressive

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u/adeadbeathorse 27d ago

Nay, but the choice of pigeon as the animal in the comparison meant to emphasize a disparity in value based on intelligence was odd.

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u/Edgy4YearOld 26d ago

Nah I think they were just talking about poking dead birds with sticks like kids do

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u/ItAllCrumbles 25d ago

He’s not dead, he’s just pining for the overhead trestles.