GREAT NEWS! The OCTOPUS Act has been introduced in the U.S. Senate! The Opposing the Cultivation and Trade of Octopus Produced through Unethical Strategies (OCTOPUS) Act would prohibit commercial octopus farming in the U.S. and ban importation of farmed octopus from other countries, protecting octopuses from unimaginable cruelty. We applaud Senators Whitehouse and Murkowski for taking the first step to ensure the United States sets a global precedent for octopuses’ welfare. https://lnkd.in/grTdwkbQ
They are amazingly intelligent and sensitive beings...
Octopus Intelligence Is Unlike Anything We Know https://mindmatters.ai/2023/09/octopus-intelligence-is-unlike-anything-we-know/ via @DiscoveryInst1 Octopus brains may have become complex the same way human brains did https://www.newscientist.com/article/2312467-octopus-brains-may-have-become-complex-the-same-way-human-brains-did/ #Octopus brain and human brain share the same ‘jumping genes’ https://mydroll.com/octopus-brain-and-human-brain-share-the-same-jumping-genes/ Octopuses edit their own genetic code to adapt to colder water https://www.newscientist.com/article/2377527-octopuses-edit-their-own-genetic-code-to-adapt-to-colder-water/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home When the temperature drops, octopuses recode their RNA in thousands of places to alter the proteins made in their nerve cells There are ~300 species of octopuses, each with unique coloring, personality and intelligence, but one thing's for sure: they're all super cool. https://twitter.com/tesskrasne/status/989925763553034240 ‘It was giving me a hug’: video captures rare giant octopus encounter https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/09/canada-octopus-video-andrea-humphreys?CMP=share_btn_tw
Thank you Senators Whitehouse and Murkowski for helping the ever so crucial OCTOPUS ACT🙏🙌🐙 and all compassionate humans who have come to the rescue of these Beautiful Sea Creatures 🥰🐙
well done!! Let us know if we can support you in any way to get over the finish line! 🙏
People need to watch the documentary "My Octopus Teacher"...you will never look at an octopus the same way again...remarkable sentient creatures.
Animal Legal Defense Fund ~ This is terrific news! Perhaps, the 2020 film, "My Octopus Teacher", brought this special being to a brand new awareness. After all, it garnered copious prestigious awards. 🏆
Yay yay yay yay!!
Thrilled to be involved in this remarkable initiative! 💪 🐙
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1moIntelligent beings who should live in peace and harmony with nature