01/19/2026
it’s pretty cool how octopus interact with humans. Most animals in the wild are going to run away or take a defensive posture if they see a human.
The octopus is the kind of intelligent creature that will approach a potentially dangerous creature bigger than itself, like a scuba diver, and then decides to even reach out and touch it, and let it into its world.
They aren’t like cows, which are generally just considered a low intelligence animal, they haven’t been brought up to expect food from humans like birds such as seagulls, pigeons or ducks, or like bears or farm animals. And they surely haven’t evolved into any kind of domestication relationship with people as they don’t even breed in captivity.
It is some type of intelligence, or maybe a form of confidence even. Maybe the animal is so smart that it just falls victim to its own curiosity, or to its own confidence to solve problems which is so ingrained that they do not sound the risk alarm when they decide to reach a te****le out towards a diver or a person at an aquarium.
As if they already know, were they to pick up on the slightest threat that they have already weighed their ability to act accordingly to keep themselves safe.
I just think we can learn so much from them, in this case I think it translates to attention, intention, courage and connection.
The octopus may know that we are all connected and we should act accordingly. And that means having the courage to always reach out and connect with our environment and everyone in it.
Instead of the term “ spineless as a jellyfish”, how about we try “ outgoing as an octopus.”?
