Can We Really Be Friends with an Octopus? | Hakai Magazine

When octopuses are social, are they reaching out or simply reacting?

Share Article body copy Watch the recording of “ The Social Lives of Octopuses ” for more on this topic from Piero Amodio and Ferris Jabr. One morning, while diving in a kelp forest off the coast of South Africa, Craig Foster noticed an unusual structure: a mound of seashells artfully stuck together, as though someone’s beach house decor had washed out to sea. Suddenly, with a sound like clattering teacups, the shells tumbled apart and a maroon octopus shot out of their midst. Wrapping herself in a sheet of kelp, the octopus briefly studied Foster before jetting away behind a cloud of ink. Ent

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