Are Octopuses the Most Intelligent Sea Creatures?

[GeorginaS]

Wow, hypatia. Great photo and all, but man-oh-man. Scary! You did well making it back to tell the tale. Phew.

 

[hypatia]

Wow, hypatia...that's really amazing! Congrats at keeping your wits about you.

And holy cow, that's a lot of light for 120' - here in the Seattle area, you'd be in nearly complete darkness at 120' on an average day. Did you have a spotlight with you? The water is crystal clear! Where was that, to have such fantastic visibility?

And who the heck says 'octopodes,' seriously?!? I'm sticking with octopi...an all-around much better word .

Yes their were several platform lights mounted at different stages of depth/decompression. With a very slow current, the photo ops were good. Cabo San Lucas, between Lover's Beach and Pelican Rock, I don't recall the name of the dive company.

 

[S_Happens]

That burst of bubbles is a underwater SCREAM. Yes, the mean octi was wrapped up in my hands and refused to let go.

I have those exact same fins . I can only imagine how hard it is to keep your wits in that situaiton at that depth.

An octopus' (hah, singular possessive) intelligence is very impressive. I've seen other similar studies or shows on the subject.

I've eaten octopus. I wasn't a fan, but I'm sure if you drowned the taste in garlic butter similar to snails it would be fine (seems to defeat the purpose to me). I regularly eat the extra tentacled fried calamari though :!)