FabSwingers.com forum: Octopus Farming

By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Tom is no fan of the Spanish and they want to start the first octopus farm in a place dubbed the Canary Islands. The octopus will be killed by being submerged in ice and protesters are literally up in arms. What's going on here guys. It's all over the news

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Leave them alone, Tom. They're only trying to make a few squid.

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

Chesterfield

"Leave them alone, Tom. They're only trying to make a few squid."

I was a bit sad to read the headline, though.

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By *hrista BellendWoman
over a year ago

Delightful Bliss

Yeah that is not an animal welfare considerate destruction method. There are other ways that take more care and are not cruel. But will ultimately cost the producers more money.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Tom is no fan of the Spanish and they want to start the first octopus farm in a place dubbed the Canary Islands. The octopus will be killed by being submerged in ice and protesters are literally up in arms. What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"

Tom, I tittered at 'up in arms'..

Touche Sir..

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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago

Derbyshire village

"Leave them alone, Tom. They're only trying to make a few squid."

You suckered us into that joke.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tom, I tittered at 'up in arms'..

Touche Sir.."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If this is true it’s a real shame Octopus are highly intelligent creatures. The Spanish are def not good with animal welfare I mean they still have Bull fighting ??

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

They should be nice to the creatures and make them happy.

Each one should get ten tickles off the farmer each day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why are they trying to kill octopuses anyway?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why are they trying to kill octopuses anyway?"

To eat them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why are they trying to kill octopuses anyway?

To eat them"

And it's Octopi

#justsayin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

Not sure this story has legs ..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not sure this story has legs .."

I think it has too many

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged. "

I concur.

But when I read the title I had visions of the octopi mooching round a field with a really wide plow, and picking carrots with all their many hands on the end of their tentacles. And now my brain has gone off into a whole little imagining of Farmer Octopus, Mrs Octopus and the family.

It's happier than the reality.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Not sure this story has legs ..

I think it has too many"

Probably run and run then..

Albeit in a slightly slithery way..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

I concur.

It's happier than the reality."

Why assume Mr Octopus is the farmer? I am outraged!

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By *erriman69Couple
over a year ago

highworth

"Why are they trying to kill octopuses anyway?

To eat them

And it's Octopi

#justsayin"

Its Greek not Latin! Therefore octopuses is correct.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

I concur.

It's happier than the reality."

It's a bit of a dragons den idea..

Fruit picking could be revolutionised..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why are they trying to kill octopuses anyway?

To eat them

And it's Octopi

#justsayin

Its Greek not Latin! Therefore octopuses is correct.

Stand corrected

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

I concur.

It's happier than the reality.

Why assume Mr Octopus is the farmer? I am outraged!"

I didn't assume. That's just how it was in Brain Farm Land.

Engineer Seahorse is a lady though.

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

I concur.

It's happier than the reality.

It's a bit of a dragons den idea..

Fruit picking could be revolutionised.."

See! Tis genius!

(Well done brain... you did good)

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By *erriman69Couple
over a year ago

highworth

"Why are they trying to kill octopuses anyway?

To eat them

And it's Octopi

#justsayin

Its Greek not Latin! Therefore octopuses is correct.

Stand corrected

Just looked it up and there are 3 different plural forms... who knew! Everyday's a school day!

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By *olourmeplayfulWoman
over a year ago

Manchester

"Why are they trying to kill octopuses anyway?

To eat them

And it's Octopi

#justsayin

Its Greek not Latin! Therefore octopuses is correct.

In Greek it should be octopodes but based on use all three are correct. Language is often ‘correct’ based on common usage in vernacular

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

I concur.

It's happier than the reality.

It's a bit of a dragons den idea..

Fruit picking could be revolutionised..

See! Tis genius!

(Well done brain... you did good)"

I'm pretty sure, never having seen it on any nature programmes that octopus eat fruit so there would be no nibbled apples or plums..

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

It's almost as if people haven't been eating calamari for years.......

Or cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, fish, rabbits, geese, snails, beetles, deer, quail and all manner of other sentient beings.

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

I concur.

It's happier than the reality.

It's a bit of a dragons den idea..

Fruit picking could be revolutionised..

See! Tis genius!

(Well done brain... you did good)

I'm pretty sure, never having seen it on any nature programmes that octopus eat fruit so there would be no nibbled apples or plums.."

Turns out Octopus farming could be an excellent idea. I shall do further research

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

I concur.

It's happier than the reality.

It's a bit of a dragons den idea..

Fruit picking could be revolutionised..

See! Tis genius!

(Well done brain... you did good)

I'm pretty sure, never having seen it on any nature programmes that octopus eat fruit so there would be no nibbled apples or plums..

Turns out Octopus farming could be an excellent idea. I shall do further research

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Forum is a university in its own right, who'd have thought it.

Personally, having watched videos on YouTube of octopuses escaping, I think the farmer may have his hands full.

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By *iman2100Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

Octopi have 9 brains. For this reason it is not easy to kill them.

Octopus or "pulpo" is a traditional spanish dish like salmon in the UK. I have in the past seen Spanish fishermen beating all 8 legs on the ground to kill them. It would appear freezing them to kill them is as humane as it gets.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"If this is true it’s a real shame Octopus are highly intelligent creatures. The Spanish are def not good with animal welfare I mean they still have Bull fighting ??"

If this is true ?

This is an Essex Tom post. Of course it is bloomin true.

It's all over the news. Many fools have doubted Tom in the past and had fried egg all over their faces ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged. "

So if they went intelligent it would be ok?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

So if they went intelligent it would be ok? "

Weren't*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

So if they went intelligent it would be ok?

Weren't*"

If you don’t draw a line somewhere everybody dies. Vegetables are living things.

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

Are they going to be chopped up and sold under the trade name:

Pieces of Eight?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd like to be

Under the sea

In an octopus' garden...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Octopi have 9 brains. For this reason it is not easy to kill them.

The 9 brains thing always gets me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'd like to be

Under the sea

In an octopus' garden..."

In the shade?

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Octopi have 9 brains. For this reason it is not easy to kill them.

The 9 brains thing always gets me

Ditto..

That's nine brains more than some politicians..

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By *ustamanMan
over a year ago

weymouth

Leave them in the sea, they're incredibly intelligent creatures. Watch my octopus garden

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Octopi have 9 brains. For this reason it is not easy to kill them.

The 9 brains thing always gets me

Ditto..

That's nine brains more than some politicians.."

so true! Amazing though that it's 9 specifically, always the number 9 in anything very special, I've noticed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Leave them in the sea, they're incredibly intelligent creatures. Watch my octopus garden "

This! They are fascinating

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

So if they went intelligent it would be ok?

Weren't*

If you don’t draw a line somewhere everybody dies. Vegetables are living things. "

So what do we eat then?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

So if they went intelligent it would be ok?

Weren't*

If you don’t draw a line somewhere everybody dies. Vegetables are living things.

So what do we eat then?"

My point exactly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

So if they went intelligent it would be ok?

Weren't*

If you don’t draw a line somewhere everybody dies. Vegetables are living things.

So what do we eat then?

My point exactly. "

I don't actually get your point,but carry on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

So if they went intelligent it would be ok?

Weren't*

If you don’t draw a line somewhere everybody dies. Vegetables are living things.

So what do we eat then?

My point exactly.

I don't actually get your point,but carry on "

If we are going to eat other living things at lest we can limit ourselves to non intelligent living things. Simple really.

Though I am lately finding myself morally uncomfortable with eating meat entirely.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged.

I concur.

It's happier than the reality."

Glad it wasn't just me then.

I had visions of an Octopus driving a tractor

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By *TG3Man
over a year ago

Dorchester

I'm not a fan of octopus or squid so lets be up in arms about it poor creatures

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By *al kalMan
over a year ago

london

"Octopi have 9 brains. For this reason it is not easy to kill them.

It would appear freezing is a more painful and far slower method, and highly stressful way for the creature to go out. The more human way it turns out is for a fisherman to bash them on the head. This is the quickest method apparently. Doesn't sound ideal either.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

They could slowly shoot them...

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

It’s not nice is it, fishes even worse , dragged out the sea and left to slowly suffocate.

There’s a restaurant in Australia, a small island in the English Channel famous for murderers and bbq, when you can bring your own road kill. I think this is the way forward, hunt your own food.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hopefully all the octopus will become on giant octopus entity and lock the farmers in the freezer to die then slip off down the drains into the sea and freedom.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hopefully all the octopus will become on giant octopus entity and lock the farmers in the freezer to die then slip off down the drains into the sea and freedom.

"
This, this would be perfect! Giant octopus entity, love it

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

"Octopi have 9 brains. For this reason it is not easy to kill them.

Surely, just chop the head off? That is not going to be eaten anyway.

If the thing is that clever, won't it grow more legs for future harvesting?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Octopi have 9 brains. For this reason it is not easy to kill them.

Surely, just chop the head off? That is not going to be eaten anyway.

If the thing is that clever, won't it grow more legs for future harvesting?

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The legs have brains in so would probably be gyrating all over the place after said deed

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By *heFabtasticsCouple
over a year ago

brentwood

Yep a very intelligent creature as are pigs yet both incredibly tasty when BBQ’d

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By *r LickalotapussMan
over a year ago

London

Does sound inhumane.

And why octopus.

With the decline of fish stocks, squid populations have exploded to nearly destructive levels.

Can't they harvest this natural source and help nature balances too.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2016-05-24/boom-in-cephalopod-numbers-point-to-changing-oceans/7437560

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Does sound inhumane.

And why octopus.

With the decline of fish stocks, squid populations have exploded to nearly destructive levels.

Can't they harvest this natural source and help nature balances too.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2016-05-24/boom-in-cephalopod-numbers-point-to-changing-oceans/7437560"
Why Optopus indeed. It's sadism

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

From The CryptoNaturalist

"The earliest cephalopods date back to the cambrian period. They predate trees and land plants. So, the earth knew tentacles before leaves"

Leave them all alone

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

The legs have brains in so would probably be gyrating all over the place after said deed"

That should make them a lot more appealing to purchasers than lacklustre fish on the slab which look like they are fit only for pig swill.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Octopi are intelligent. This is disgusting. I’m outraged. "

If there that intelligent dont get caught

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Tom had octopus for Christmas lunch once

Everybody got a leg...

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