Re: planets

wayne chevrier wrote:
>
> Octopodes (Greek plural :)) and other cephalopods don't make noises,
> but can change colour, pattern and texture of their skin, and use
> this to communicate emotion and for camouflage. this could develop
> into a visual language, they could also have a sign language based on
> movement of their tentacles.
> They already build shelters and cuttlefish (who are social) are known
> to display one pattern one way and another the other,i.e. blank toward
> a higher ranking male and courting display toward female on the other
> side.
        When I read this, I get the impression that octopodes are just at the
step that preceeded for us Homo sapiens. Maybe soon we'll contact a
tribe of octopodes with a developped culture and society, somewhere in
deep sea :) .

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