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The octopodes edit how their genes express - https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/04/octopuses-do-something-really-strange-to-their-genes/522024/
This is some absolutely weird and wonderful stuff there - it's like patching binaries as they're being deployed. And it's only the ones with some measure of intelligence that do it, which has some fascinating implications and makes me feel very guilty about my liking for takoyaki.
@munin Dang it, another animal that's getting added to my "Too smart to eat" list.
At this rate I'm going to be down to chickens and krill by fall.
