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submitted 6 months ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 9 points 6 months ago

They don’t live long enough, sadly. If they did, they could easily be the dominant species.

The problem is not how long they live but that they don't take care of the offspring, so every octopus need to learn everything from scratch again.