Gregory's ServerThe oldest octopus fossil, which is 296 million years old, and pre-dates the dinosaurs.
The way things are going, this species will post-date humanity as well.
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@montecook @rogward @Princejvstin always loved that bit from the source books. Numenera is so good  @rogward whats fascinating is that octopi are also intelligent problem solvers but 300 million years of evolution have not seemed to advance them beyond where they have been cognitively. Why have humans built a modern technological advanced civilization in a few thousand years and octopi are still living in tide pools after more than 100 million years of evolution? @CaptMorgan @rogward, Who said we are civilised? We humans did. I can also call myself an octopus, but I'm not  @CaptMorgan @rogward Technology as we see it is not necessarily the only sign of advancement. I donโt know if octopi are intelligent enough to have some form of civilization, but if they do, who says they didnโt make different choices? They certainly havenโt been responsible for any mass extinction events. Unless, of course, the Permian to Triassic extinction was them and they learned from it. ๐ค @rogward this adds a whole different layer of unease for those of us deep into Lovecraftian fictionโฆ  @rogward They found one even older: 330 million years old! Itโs amazing that we have fossils at all of these soft-bodied creatures! @rogward  Stupidity is so entertaining. And, I am so glad to be an atheist @MegIrving @rogward After the dinosaurs died out, nearly 65 million years passed before people appeared on Earth. @rogward That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die  @rogward I sure hope so. Octopuses (Octopi) are intelligent, can edit their genes on the fly, and don't live long enough to do real damage to their environment. @rogward@mastodon.social  but on the bright side, when humanity is extinct, we won't have to listen to that one octopus in the pub who's always droning on about how much better it was in the days when dinosaurs roamed... @rogward @rogward They will outlive humanity like in the "Love, Death & Robots" 01/17, "Alternate Histories". ๐ I eat less seafood, in particular I no longer eat octopus.  @msquebanh @rogward The more I learn about octopuses the more they fascinate me. Octopus Teacher I think it's called on Netflix was pretty cool.   @rogward include links please. https://deshinewspost.com/see-the-best-fossil-octopus-ever-found/ (which itself is copy of https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-the-best-fossil-octopus-ever-found/) And, pictured fossil is 165 million years, not 296. Though there does seem to have been a 500 million year ancestor identified: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-octopus-relative-fossil.html @rogward If they lived longer than 3 years god only knows what kind of complex technological society they'd have come up with by now. Human 3 year olds are kinda useless when compared to octopi. |
@rogward makes me think of the @montecook RPG NUMENERA, where, a billion years from now, the Octopi rule the oceans. And humans, having returned by mysterious means? The Octopi response is "Oh. You're back."