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Lovecraft warns us, but we had to delve into secrets man was not meant to know, and we found some.


We looked into these things, really, did we have to check, did we have to know?
If yes, maybe, or dribbling remaining sanity away, read on.



Octopuses are masters of disguise, they camouflage the skin on their flailing, eight-arm bodies and dive hundreds of feet below the surface of the sea. The intelligent creatures have even been known to predict the odd sports result.
Now, a group of 33 scientists from respected institutions around the world have suggested these bizarre creatures descend from organic alien material. Their research, published in the journal Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, ties the “remarkable” rise of octopuses and their cephalopod cousins to the theory of panspermia.
Panspermia is a hotly debated concept. Various versions suggest microbes, viruses and even tiny life forms like the tardigrade might travel dormant from space rock to space rock via collisions, eventually making their way to new planets. On a habitable planet like our own, they might wake up and thrive.

Forbidden sources:
http://www.newsweek.com/alien-octopuses-outer-space-930942

http://bgr.com/2018/05/17/octopus-aliens-cephalopods-research-study/





Well things cant be all bad, for The End to come there will be signs.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/28/alien-intelligence-the-extraordinary-minds-of-octopuses-and-other-cephalopods

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5728601/Is-octopus-extraterrestrial-import-Paper-revives-theory-life-Earth-began-elsewhere.html

The Guardian and the Daily Mail agree, does that count?

Sadly the average cephalopod does not live very long and has little chance of passing on knowledge and experience so every new generation has to learn everything all over again.

 Mr Morden wrote:
Sadly the average cephalopod does not live very long and has little chance of passing on knowledge and experience so every new generation has to learn everything all over again.

Once they discover Reddit we are doomed.

 Nostromodamus wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
Sadly the average cephalopod does not live very long and has little chance of passing on knowledge and experience so every new generation has to learn everything all over again.

Once they discover Reddit we are doomed.

Too bad for them that computers don't work well under water.
Also, ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

Doesn't this belong in Dakka Fiction?!?

I caught an octopus once, just a few meters off the beach in a remote island in Indonesia years and years ago. My friend and I just happen to have a bucket with us, and I just picked him up and put him in it. We played with him for about half and hour in the water before letting him go free.

At the time, much of this area was pollution free and barely touched by humans. Probably not that way any longer. I never thought at the time if would the last time I would see one in the wild.

They are amazing creatures. Never showed us fear or anger, despite having to deal with the curiosity of two young teenage boys. Given how few people ever went where we were, he was probably just as curious about us.

I miss that little guy!

 Orlanth wrote:
Lovecraft warns us, but we had to delve into secrets man was not meant to know, and we found some.


We looked into these things, really, did we have to check, did we have to know?
If yes, maybe, or dribbling remaining sanity away, read on.



Octopuses are masters of disguise, they camouflage the skin on their flailing, eight-arm bodies and dive hundreds of feet below the surface of the sea. The intelligent creatures have even been known to predict the odd sports result.
Now, a group of 33 scientists from respected institutions around the world have suggested these bizarre creatures descend from organic alien material. Their research, published in the journal Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, ties the “remarkable” rise of octopuses and their cephalopod cousins to the theory of panspermia.
Panspermia is a hotly debated concept. Various versions suggest microbes, viruses and even tiny life forms like the tardigrade might travel dormant from space rock to space rock via collisions, eventually making their way to new planets. On a habitable planet like our own, they might wake up and thrive.

Forbidden sources:
http://www.newsweek.com/alien-octopuses-outer-space-930942

http://bgr.com/2018/05/17/octopus-aliens-cephalopods-research-study/





Well things cant be all bad, for The End to come there will be signs.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/28/alien-intelligence-the-extraordinary-minds-of-octopuses-and-other-cephalopods

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5728601/Is-octopus-extraterrestrial-import-Paper-revives-theory-life-Earth-began-elsewhere.html

The Guardian and the Daily Mail agree, does that count?

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

 Mr Morden wrote:
Sadly the average cephalopod does not live very long and has little chance of passing on knowledge and experience so every new generation has to learn everything all over again.

Particularly since the very act of reproduction causes them to starve to death. Seems that they stop being able to digest food once they breed

 BaronIveagh wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
Sadly the average cephalopod does not live very long and has little chance of passing on knowledge and experience so every new generation has to learn everything all over again.

Particularly since the very act of reproduction causes them to starve to death. Seems that they stop being able to digest food once they breed

If they where tyranids they hit a wall there from being super intelligent sentiant life evolution status.

The die after mating wall should be an easier wall to break.

 Nostromodamus wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
Sadly the average cephalopod does not live very long and has little chance of passing on knowledge and experience so every new generation has to learn everything all over again.

Once they discover Reddit we are doomed.

I for one can't wait for some spicy Octopus authored memes!

Little do those scientists know that the octopus is actually a magic creature, like the unicorn, or the hippogriff.