Don't freak out, but scientists think octopuses 'might be aliens' after DNA study

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Not to send you into a meltdown or anything but octopuses are basically ‘aliens’ – according to scientists. Researchers have found a new map of the octopus genetic code that is so strange that it could be actually be an “alien”. The first whole cephalopod genome sequence shows a striking level of complexity with 33,000 protein-coding genes identified – more than in a human.

This wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. There's always been something super weird about all the things that they can do. If aliens ever landed I'd expect them to either look like an insect or an octopus.


Maybe one of you smart guys can explain all this genetic stuff to us? :D


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