🐙 Octopuses Might Be Aliens
🐙 Octopuses Might Be Aliens—and Science Isn’t Even Mad
👽 Intro:
Octopuses are so weird, it’s almost rude. They’ve got three hearts, blue blood, shape-shifting powers, and camouflage better than your sneaky ex. Oh—and they can edit their own genes. WHAT???
Some scientists have genuinely asked: “Are they from Earth… or somewhere else?”
💉 The Alien Allegations:
There’s an actual study titled “Cause of Cambrian Explosion – Terrestrial or Cosmic?” that throws out the idea that octopus genes might have come from space. Not saying they’re aliens… but not not saying it either. 👀
🧬 Octopus: “I’m not from here, and it shows.”
🧠 Brain Stats That Shouldn’t Be Real:
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They have 9 brains (1 main, 8 mini ones in their arms).
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Each arm can think independently.
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They can open jars, solve puzzles, escape tanks, and plan.
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Some even throw things at fish they don’t like.
🧠 Basically: smarter than 40% of the internet.
🫀 Circulatory Chaos:
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Three hearts keep them going.
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Their blood is blue, thanks to copper-based hemocyanin.
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When they swim fast, one heart takes a break. Lazy legend.
🎭 Master of Disguise:
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Can change color, texture, AND shape
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Camouflage in under 0.3 seconds
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Mimic other animals (like snakes, lionfish, flatfish)
🐙 "Chameleon? Sweetie, I invented the vibe shift."
🧬 Genetic Weirdness:
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Octopuses have 33,000+ protein-coding genes (more than humans).
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They can rewrite their RNA to adapt on the fly—like real-time gene editing.
CRISPR? Nah. They did it naturally.
📍 Where to Find These Glitch Lords:
All oceans, but especially:
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Pacific Giant Octopus (USA/Japan coasts)
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Blue-Ringed Octopus (Australia, and yes, it’s venomous)
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Dumbo Octopus (deep sea, absolute unit of cuteness)
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