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It was a very punchable fish.
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A Backpfeifenfisch, I suppose, unless that is a cheeky pipefish.
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Considering that their bites are venomous and can break open shellfish and that large ones kill sharks that way – no. It’s not beneath them
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I’m disappointed it didn’t ball the ends of its tentacles into fists, Marsupilami-style
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cactopodes
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I swear, it’s a race between raccoons, dogs, cats, and octopi for who could replace homo sapiens sapiens…
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I would add to that Corvids.
Crows and ravens and their kin are damn smart and can pass down recognition of people to the next generations of progeny.
hot tip: don’t piss off crows!
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I think it went for the sucker punch instead.
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It appears to me that the problem has been solved! The pleural of octopus is octos! Beautiful, and awkward at all. Yay!
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Oh, absolutely! I do not know how I forgot them, they are a favorite.
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According to that old book by Dougal Dixon, it’ll be arboreal squids. Yeah, terrifying if they are still the assholes they are now.
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is that anything like a psychic squid?
ETA: I just RTFA. @docosc is that real? I lived in PNW 14 years and never heard of such!
@DukeTrout can you confirm? is this a cryptozoological thing?
WTF?
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They’re endangered and worth saving
Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
(no, they’re not a thing, but I have the poster and it’s glorious)
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oi, shite! those bloody bastards decimated my gardens in Issaquah.
my MIL used to sit out back to smoke and squirt ammonia on any slug-like slimy thing. if that didn’t melt them right away, she’d stub her cig out on the carcass.
Stella was a brutal old lady and I loved her.
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Obvious solution: look more adorable and your workmates more edible. 
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nope, stress is on the fourth and fifth syllables: ok-top-uh-DEEZ NUTZ
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