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Octopuses Used in Research Could Receive Same Protections as Monkeys (nature.com)
6 points by williamsmj on Sept 20, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


>Both octopi and octopodes are acceptable spellings, but octopuses is the more widely used spelling, especially in formal writing and speech.

Source: https://grammarist.com/usage/octopi-octopuses/


I feel like this is an issue whose time has come. Given what we know about octopuses, we are compelled to treat them the same as monkeys or whales




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