To ask what is the smartest animal in mind, who comes to mind first? Killer whales, great white whales, dolphins, gorillas, side herders... Are you wandering among these animals in your head, but have you forgotten the guy with 3 hearts and 8 brains - octopus?
Suddenly, because I had heard rumors of octopuses, octopuses have 3 hearts, two sets of memory systems, 10,000 more genes than humans, they also have 1 main brain and 8 parabrains, 60% of neurons are distributed in its eight wrist feet, and these 8 wrist feet can even think for themselves, equivalent to a big brother with 8 little brothers making a living, which is unique on Earth, they were once considered alien high-latitude creatures...
And its strength is more than this, when it comes to color change, the first thing we think of is whether it is a chameleon, most color changing organisms are hormonal color change, changing color once, it takes 10 ~ 20 seconds, and octopus color change is neurotic, can really achieve color change autonomous, anytime, anywhere, want to change, not only can change color to integrate itself into the surrounding environment, even its skin can change the folds according to the environment for all, truly achieve integration with the surroundings.
They can even control genetic changes autonomously, and once the living environment becomes harsh, they can change their genes to adapt to the new environment, which is why they have survived on Earth for 300 million years.
Seeing this, we all have a question, why did such intelligent creatures not rule the earth before humans? After all, octopuses have also lived on Earth for more than 300 million years.
To dominate the earth, you must first have a long life to support, and the average lifespan of octopuses is about 2 years; Secondly, there must be a inheritance of civilization, but octopuses can only mate once in a lifetime, after mating, male octopuses will go on hunger strike and die, after the "eggs" hatch, female octopuses will also self-harm and die, small octopuses are like a blank piece of paper from birth, no one teaches him how to forage, everything starts from 0, so repeatedly, how to dominate.
There is also a saying that if you want to dominate the earth, you must first log on to the land to develop, and the food and environment in the sea can already meet the survival of octopuses, so they do not need to log on land, moreover, octopuses are a solitary living creature, how can solitary creatures learn from each other and develop civilization?
So even if the octopus is smart, its lifespan and reproductive survival system have doomed it to not dominate one side, let alone dominate the world! What's more, as long as the "iron plate", "cumin", "barbecue sauce" are still in the day, they will not have a chance to fight back!