On the ethics, practicality and sustainability of farming octopuses.

Octopuses are so remote from us evolutionarily that they give a sample of how strange alien life could be. That we can relate to them at all is amazing.

Literally alien life is likely to be toxic to us, and we to it. Octopuses don't think of eating humans because they don't generally eat anything bigger than their heads.

Original:
https://stallman.org/archives/2023-may-aug.html#1_July_2023_(Farming_octopuses)
‘A symbol of what humans shouldn’t be doing’: the new world of octopus farming

Plans for the world’s first commercial octopus farm are well advanced – just as science discovers more about this curious, intelligent and affectionate animal. Can it be done ethically?

The Guardian