I have heard the theory that the octopus is actually an alien species – something about their DNA, and their uniqueness in both the deep sea and really anywhere else on Earth. I have fallen asleep to the documentary My Octopus Teacher a few times (one of these days I’ll make it all the way through!). I generally believe that there’s likely to be another species out there, somewhere (whether galaxies away or hidden in the depths of our oceans) that has a similar intelligence to […]