yup. Octopuses have been around a lot longer than us. case in point, they ascended to a higher plane several million years ago. you know them aurora lights? that’s them.
I saw my first octopus at the Seaquarium in Seattle aabout 25 years ago. Very sad — I am still haunted by it. There was a large tank in the middle of a walkway and this smallish octopus (about 2’) was all huddled up in the corner near the top of the aquarium. One of the employees walked by, and I commented that the octopus looked depressed. I was told that I was right - the octopus had just lost her baby and was quite sad and that octopus are very intellgent creatures. That’s when I decided I hated all these spectacles set up for the viewers “eduation” and gawking.