For the first time in the United States, research with cephalopods might require approval by an ethics committee.
The fact that there wasn’t already bothers me. Octopodes are extremely intelligent creatures and we’ve known this for a while. Not that I think intelligence should be how we base our treatment of animals, but it is one of the bigger factors when laws about this sort of thing get made, so I would have expected it to be taken into account before now.
Don’t trust an octopus. Ever. You heard it from me first.
Well, I don’t trust squids either, specifically ones that fly…
You wouldn’t be where you are today if it weren’t for us.
😳
Thank you flying squid people. 🙇
They have so many arms, it’s practically impossible to see when they cross their fingers behind their back!
Hey. Don’t insult the many-armed. The problem is they only have a pitiful 8 instead of a respectable 10.
What kind of sad existence would a being with a measly 10 arms be able to lead? 12, and not fewer, as the gods intended!
What a sad, miserable existence armed creatures must live. I just use one of my many eyestalks to do anything an arm could do and more.
These arms built your entire civilization!
There was a whole Dollop episode about octopuses. They’re pretty smart and probably deserve it.
EDIT: Fixed my plural!
Fun fact, the plural of octopus is actually octopuses, or my favourite, octopodes!
I need to find this one.
Weird they live so short
What about those we eat?
Protections seem probably more important for putting them through unusual experiences that may involve suffering than killing them for food, as that’s essentially predation which they experience as a natural part of life
There’s an argument to be had that we as humans are intelligent enough to choose not to put animals through that which is why lots of folks choose to be vegan, but eating animals is more of a personal ethical choice, whereas funding research conducted on animals kinda needs to be a societal one given it’s funder by other parts of society, and research is generally for the benefit of society; so society needs to be the ones to decide whether the research is ethical. Not sure I articulated quite what I mmea, but hopefully what I’m trying to say makes sense
it’s really fucking stupid. We give care and consideration to pets, and if we did to pets what we do to the animals we eat, we’d get locked up for years. It’s called speciesism.
No protections for them
otcopodes are actually the animal companions to the aliens. they brought them with because they just love the water.
or we can stop testing on animals
The alternatives are less ethical.
Gotta love these people solutions lmao.
Dude in the back who’s only been listening to his buddies text messages for what’s going on in class yells “OR WE COULD JUST NOT AMIRITE HAHA”
Perhaps, in the future, it would be wise to propose alternatives solutions like an adult instead of shitting on the fucking floor like an animal.
God damn
shitting on the floor like a fucking animal
Ah, I see you’re fed up with chuds too.
