Valkie wrote on Mar 5
th, 2021 at 6:52am:
I've read about the intelligence of cephalopods for some time now.
It seems they may have a higher intelligence than dolphins.
They understand the concept of art and actually make an aesthetic garden around their lairs.
They can solve problems and mazes and even work out more complex situations.
One octopus in a zoo was timing the rounds of a security guard so that it could sneak out of its tank,
Climb into a tank of crabs and grab them to eat and flee back to its own tank before being caught.
Another one didnt like the light in its tank, so it sprayed the light with water to cause it to blow.
Ive also read that their DNA isnt exactly the same as almost every other animal on the planet.
Could they be alien?
Cephalopods are incredibly intelligent and I don't think we have discovered their true capabilities mentally. But like Stephen Hawkings, they are physically 'fragile' in many ways despite their versatile appendages. They know it too I'm sure.
I've dived the two secret spots where Octopolis and Octlantis are - where (so far) Octopus gather in 'communities' like no other place on Earth. Many Scientists fly in to come to these two spots - which are off limits to Recreational Dive (tourist) groups for good reason.
Quite amazing, just watching them in action as they play, socialise and even wave their arms at each other as if to say hello to their neighbours and even swap shells and stones with each other (Trade?). The theory is that they congregate to prevail against Bull Rays that can suck them up from their dens. Coming together against a greater threat. It's not like they can find sticks underwater to use as spears against the huge Rays.
My favourite Cephalopod is the Vampire Squid - a primordial and ancient species from well before the dinosaurs, that lives down very deep in the ocean.
We might find that quite a few species on this planet have brain and mind capabilities better than our own in some specific and specialised ways. The Orca brain is obviously far superior to our own. You can fight and scare off a Great White Shark, but if an Orca wants to get you - it will. They know us very well. For a species to understand a 'contract' with humans (like back in old Eden) - to which we broke (typical), is amazing. They even show psychosis when imprisoned in SeaWorld like enclosures and have taken action against Humans - when we lie and deceive.
Lifting a sheet of corrugated iron underwater at the Gravel Loader at Bass Point. The little juvenile Cuttlefish impersonate Blue Ring-Octopus - apparently knowing their deadly potential, as a defense mechanism.
Dolphins are smart too. Only found x3 medium sized Giant Cuttlefish off Whyalla. As I got out of the water - the Dolphins came in to exactly the spots where I had found the Cuttlefish and ate them. I had blown the Cuttlefish cover (sorry guys). I guess the Dolpin know why divers/snorklers come to Whyalla.
A fav story is of a NZ Spearo who had to dive 3 times in order to get a Snapper which exhibited unusual behaviour for a Snapper. Each time the Snapper came in towards that 'shiny spear tip' (that attracts them) - it suddenly turned and darted away. It wasn't until the Spearo felt the hairs on the back of his neck rise and turned around... a big Orca was right behind him
, watching how he was hunting the Snapper. Of course, he said he near pooped himself.
As for the immense Colossus Squid found south of New Zealand, those old pictures of Kraken taking down those old small wooden ships of long ago - now ring very true indeed.