Posted on 04/23/2022 7:50:37 AM PDT by DFG
On a rainy afternoon in April, Union Square Park was, as is often the case, home to a band of protesters. This time, the cause was not inequality or political oppression, it was a mollusk — an octopus to be precise. Protesters held signs reading “let’s stop this cruelty” and “#stopoctopusfarm” beneath images of the leggy creature.
Amidst rising demand for the tentacled delight, Spanish company Nueva Pescanova has announced that it will open the world’s first octopus farm in 2023. But the plan is mired in controversy with environmentalists, zoologists and animal lovers decrying that it would be a cruel practice. The creatures, who do poorly when confined, have been increasingly found to be intelligent and sentient.
“It’s a giant step backward with what we now know,’’ said Fleur Dawes, communications director for In Defense of Animals, the organization behind the Union Square rally. “Thousands of people have signed petitions trying to stop this farm, and we’ve received about 20,000 emails.”
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Every time I go to Japan I have whale sushi in solidarity with them.
Octopus is delicious.
I don’t get it so what that they’re smart. Pigs are smart too. They’re not exactly building cities and launching rockets.
With all those tentacles (with a bit of slime thrown in), it’s possible these “woke eaters” think they’re chewing on the FJB administration. ... analogous to “Let’s Go Brandon”.)
Do unto other phyla as you would have them do unto you.
Plants have feelings too, some even love music
The creatures, who do poorly when confined, have been increasingly found to be intelligent and sentient.
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Chickens are sentient. Beef cattle are sentient. Biden; the jury is out on that.
“Octopus is delicious.”
Yes it is. I like it a lot. The Spanish use it in Soup called Sopa Tinta (ink soup) and very tasty. Another delicious way is marinated and put in a salad.
I did not fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegan.
But these same wokesters will allow a doc to stab their use born baby to death moments before birth, even after birth if they get their way.
Animals are food, good food. Eat it wokesters.
Neither are the Woke.
***“Thousands of people have signed petitions trying to stop this farm,***
I remember, back in 1962, JFK Presidency, when thousands of people signed a petition to have Caroline Kennedy clothe her horse.
Those fools claimed the horse was “naked”.
No animal wants to be eaten.
“My Octopus Teacher”
They can only count to 8.
There is so much we can learn from the octopus.
There work on lasers is amazing.
Bagpipe..... sex toy for octopus.
My only complaint is that some are cooked into rubberiness...
My Octopus Teacher is an excellent documentary. It is apolitical and well worth watching.
Here is the trailer,
https://youtu.be/3s0LTDhqe5A
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