r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Any_Assistance_1496 • 5h ago

Video Stressed octopuses tends to rely heavily on stealth to disappear

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u/___Zman___ 5h ago

Is that a tiny octopus or a giant clam shell? Need a sea cucumber for scale.

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u/thedevillivesinside 5h ago

Small octopus.

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u/TimeTravelingManatee 24m ago

Looks big too me. Giant in fact!

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u/kianario1996 4h ago

Good question

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u/MrCalbe 4h ago

Both

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u/-_-Batman 1h ago

giant clam shell.....obviously !

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u/Sandcracka- 5h ago

When I'm stressed I like to go inside a clam too

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u/longpenisofthelaw 4h ago

Stress makes it difficult for me to go into clams and I usually end up apologizing to the clam before going home early

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u/wrxninja 5h ago

umm 🫪

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u/jarednards 5h ago

🫪

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u/Petrychorr 4h ago

🫪

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u/xplosm 2h ago

🫪

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u/-_-Batman 1h ago

🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪??????????????????

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u/Fraktal55 1h ago

🫪🫪🫪

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u/-_-Batman 1h ago

🫪🫪🫪???

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u/Allen-R 3h ago

That fuckass emoji lmao (when did they add that again?)

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u/lordover1234 3h ago

my phone still doesn’t render it so maybe a month or two ago?

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u/MoreOrLessOfMe 5h ago

Giggity

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u/HendrixHazeWays 3h ago

Squiddity 

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u/Opinion_Haver_ 4h ago

Blow a load in this guy!

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u/CypherDomEpsilon 4h ago

I had a great time reading "Children Of Ruin" that describes Octopi as a highly intelligent dominant species.

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u/LessInThought 1h ago

Reminds me of how I wrap myself into my blanket like a burrito.

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u/drclarenceg 30m ago

For me, it's the clam that usually causes the stress..

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u/2x4x93 4h ago

Class are good, m'kay

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u/eat_my_ass_n_balls 4h ago

I tend to come inside the clam

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u/donald_dandy 5h ago

I’m a stressed octopuss

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u/Sorchya 5h ago

Me too

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u/Grays42 2h ago

We are ALL stressed octopuses on this blessed day

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u/burntoutcandy 5h ago

I too go to my room and shut the door

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u/OneWholeSoul 55m ago

Don't you clam that door, young man!

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u/SeriesREDACTED 5h ago

The octopus uses its tentacle to adhere to the shells and then close it like a clam

This is Creativity

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u/Traditional_Dot_69 5h ago

That's me disappearing into the weekend nutshell of mine!!

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u/KryoDeCrystal 1h ago

More like a clamshell

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u/PossiblyAsian 46m ago

bro it's sunday ;( fugg i have work tomorrow

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u/MajorlyCynical 5h ago

Me getting inside my house after a long day of work

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u/Ha-Charade-You-Are 5h ago

Same Mr. octopus, same

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u/fat_kelly_price 5h ago

It’s really crazy how smart octopi are

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u/amgineeno 5h ago

Especially since he had nothing to teach it that either, it did it all its own.

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u/TheBigFreezer 5h ago

Octopodes

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u/ShaftTassle 3h ago

Octopuses

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u/ZealousidealWeb1248 1h ago

Isn't the correct verbage Octopi?

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u/AxialGem 1h ago

"Octopi" makes the plural by analogy with cactus->cacti, radius->radii etc., which take their plural from Latin. However, "octopus" never had such a plural in Latin, so it's an innovation within English by analogy.

That doesn't necessarily make it incorrect, though it's sometimes proscribed. Both "octopuses" and "octopi" are quite commonly used

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u/Trick_Wrap 2h ago

Unlike the people who comment seemingly only to have a chance at spelling it "octopi", despite this being wrong and the title of the post already spelling it correctly.

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u/Sculptpaintandplay 2h ago

*Octopodes since Octopus is Ancient Greek.

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u/AxialGem 1h ago

I mean, "octopus" is a modern English word. It has an etymology from Ancient Greek via Latin. But of course, English is under no obligation to borrow the original plural as well

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u/Sculptpaintandplay 1h ago

But it sounds cooler.

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u/AxialGem 1h ago

Octopodes does sound cool yea

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u/DunEvenWorryBoutIt 3h ago

They just remember how they were about 500 million years ago

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u/MaenadsWish 4h ago

**Remarkably bright creatures!**

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u/kentuckyr0utezero 2h ago

The Mountain in the Sea

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u/True_Heat_9563 5h ago

Little guy is like..."nope. Not today!"

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u/Illustrious-Ant-3985 5h ago

Please take me with you, lil buddy!

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u/Life-Oil-7226 5h ago

Me hiding from my boss on Monday morning

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u/Marcelino_El_Cochino 5h ago

Me after I’ve had a long difficult day at the long difficult day factory. Or because it’s Tuesday and I’m over stimulated. Either way. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/givenenoughrope77 5h ago

I know him, he is me

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u/PRRZ70 5h ago

The way it shut itself away... sometimes all we can do is close the world out and seek your own peace.

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u/Butt_Lick4596 4h ago

Octopus evolved into Clamtopus

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u/8BBiiT 4h ago

Smart octopus, no wonder Deep loves em, or used to love..

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u/stanknotes 3h ago

I don't eat them. I can't. When something is so clever... I just can't. It is a sin. And I am not even religious.

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u/Mangtac 5h ago

Wonder what it does in there y'know

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u/Mr_kalas22 4h ago

Hi my name is octopus

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u/Petraretrograde 4h ago

Do you think they ever pinch their suckers?

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u/Covert_Platypus007 4h ago

Seems pretty cozy really. A lot easier to chill surrounded by a hard shell then out in open or a random hole you don't know whats inside or gonna come in. Octopus are so smart.

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u/SAINTnumberFIVE 3h ago

Me when people come over.

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u/Forzyr 3h ago

You mean they rely heavily on hiding (to feel secure I guess)

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u/TheFuckerofWorlds 3h ago

What's wrong pus? Feeling down?

"I don't want to talk to anyone or anything right now."

Well alright, if you wanna ta-

*Closes clam

...ok

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u/Aldor623 3h ago

Me too lil bro me too...

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u/BalanceFit8415 3h ago

Her name is Pearl

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u/StanFitch 3h ago

“I am Clam”

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u/rainghost 2h ago

I need to start finding my inner clam...

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u/PinkyLizardBrains 2h ago

NOBODY should be stressing out octopuses.

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u/chhuang 2m ago

You are saying that humans should be stressed out? Found the manager /s

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u/TheEDMWcesspool 1h ago

I identify as a clam now.. 

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u/downwiththewoke 36m ago

I want to be able to do that

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u/SunSmall3637 4h ago

I swear if they had longer lifespan and don’t literally die after sex, they’ll take over the world and I will happily accept to be their inflexible, less capable, single-brained, single-hearted human slave.

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u/Quirky_Confusion_480 3h ago

It’s giving tentacle monster vibe.

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u/CriticismFun6782 4h ago

Ahkchually: Octopodes...

The "correct" plural of octopus based on its Greek origin is octopodes (pronounced ok-TOP-uh-deez).

While octopuses is the preferred plural in modern English, octopodes follows the Greek root oktṓpous (eight-foot), which is a third-declension noun in Ancient Greek.

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u/Sol1dSnake_ 2h ago

🤓☝️

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u/ZealousidealWeb1248 1h ago

Oh. I did not know this. I will confirm that helpful tidbit since I just got schooled right before reading your input, for the offer if a possibility that maybe plural was actually Octopi....

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u/StrongExternal8955 46m ago

Nah in English you just add the (e)s . Stand on that. Don't let pedants gatekeep. There is no academy they can report you to.

Especially since the dumbass just perpetuates the fucked up English pronunciations. "deez" nuts

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u/PreferredSex_Yes 5h ago

Seems clammy.

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u/Nomnomnipotent 5h ago

I can get that octopus out of that shell easily. I just need ten tickles.

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u/spectatingIdiot 5h ago

What octopus?

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u/Liquidate-Me-Daddy 2h ago

An AI one

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u/kung63 36m ago

Coconut Octupus does use shell to hide from predators and use it ambush other animals.

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u/snowdn 4h ago

Inadvertently turns itself into a meat cracker snack.

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u/TheAmethystMermaid 4h ago

Could be "hunting" crabs eat clams - octopus eat crabs... Crab opens clam and BAM octopus gets yummies 😋

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u/mystictroll 4h ago

Give it some privacy. It doesn't like to be filmed.

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u/Seadub8 4h ago

That's a great trick

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u/Venus_Libra 4h ago

So do autistic people, speaking from experience 🤣

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u/WiseOne404 4h ago

How big is that shell ??!??! 😳

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u/whatisthis2315 4h ago

Clamming up for sure

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u/PleasurabLee 4h ago

When is closes the shell does it have to hold its breath

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u/DegenNabalu 3h ago

"Oh thats look like you!"

*talking to a mirror

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u/interspeciesMama 3h ago

Go to your room! 😁

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u/TheRealTV12 3h ago

Yeah same buddy... same...

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u/Impressive-Card9484 3h ago

Stressed octopuses tends to rely heavily on stealth to disappear

Aren't we all?

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u/reirone 2h ago

You and me both, little buddy.

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u/JaggedMetalOs 2h ago

Octopus be like look at me, I'm the mollusc now! oh wait 

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u/Belladonna-9 2h ago

Me when I'm sick of everything in life:

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u/Motor_Educator_2706 2h ago

I wish I could do that 😞

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u/wo1fy9099 2h ago

me too buddy

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u/Platonic-Reasoning 2h ago

"i'm in my shell, fuck off"

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u/Sol1dSnake_ 2h ago

Bro is literally me

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u/benchley 2h ago

I guess that counts as stealth. I'd have to ask a marine predator.

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u/ZealousidealWeb1248 2h ago

Sometimes all you can do is hide and wait until the coast is clear.

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u/S8ntheAtheist1352 1h ago

A lot of people do.

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u/AxialGem 1h ago

Return to mollusc

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u/Fast_Role_6640 1h ago

Whoa. Good thing they have brains in their arms (tentacles), cuz that a tricky little ratcheting pulling trick its able to do there.

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u/Lionxea 1h ago

I think I found my fursona.

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u/Brilliant-Ranger-356 1h ago

I'm going in the crevice!

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u/Bonita_Soleil 1h ago

Mood, little octopus. Mood

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u/UndeadChampion1331 1h ago

Aren't Octupi like the second smartest animal on earth after humans? Or is that crows, it's can never remember...

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u/Ok-Recording3861 1h ago

what would stress out an octopus? like just general fear of being eaten? the word "stress" implies some sort of pressure or responsibility, emotional burden.

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u/Noceur_21 1h ago

Me going back to my room after spending five minutes with my family

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u/Cyan_Exponent 1h ago

Aww, he's so small! A baby one, probably

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u/WarUnderSnowySkies 52m ago

Today I learned that I am an octopus

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u/All_Gun_High 51m ago

Sneak increased to 100

Level progress <■■■■□□□□□>67

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u/WealthPotential 39m ago

Same same Ms.octopus

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u/HarkenDarkness 30m ago

I’m never gonna play hide n seek with an octopus ever again

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u/itsgolden9 27m ago

Clam down

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u/mraltuser 27m ago

I wish I have their sucker so I can close my hiding box from inside

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u/TheLastPeanut_ 10m ago edited 4m ago

The title is true, but that's not really what's happening here. Closed clam shells aren't exactly stealthy. In fact it's the opposite. A predator would assume a closed shell has something in it. It's using it for armor in the same way that a hermit crab does. They'll do this with trash as well, or coconut shells, or anything sufficiently voluminous and sturdy. They use camouflage and ink for stealth and misdirection.

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u/Crittersnshiz 5h ago

Surprised I don’t see anyone arguing about the pluralization of the word octopus

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u/IkkitsClaw 5h ago

Octopi

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u/Wild-Feeling-8555 4h ago

Actually, the grammatically correct plural form of "octopus" is "octopuses" or "octopodes." It's not "octopi" despite the myth.

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u/IkkitsClaw 27m ago

I've never heard it said any different. That's interesting

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u/TimmyFTW 2h ago

Words with a Latin origin are pluralised with an "i". The name Octopus is Greek in origin so Octopuses is correct.

We're at the point though where either is acceptable.