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[โ€“] jimmux@programming.dev 33 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I recently saw a vid about these things. Another interesting thing they can do is voluntary decapitation. The head can survive and grow new organs, possibly because photosynthesis gives them the energy to keep going and growing.

[โ€“] django@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 14 hours ago

I should steal some chloroplasts.

[โ€“] AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

We might have seen the same video ๐Ÿ˜„

[โ€“] adhocfungus@midwest.social 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Was it from the Octopus Lady ? She's always great.

Interestingly no! The video that was in my feed was from Real Science channel.ย