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Octopuses Invade the English Coast, ‘Eating Anything in Their Path’ | The highly intelligent cephalopods filled fishing nets and gobbled up crabs and lobsters in Devon and Cornwall this summer. (www.nytimes.com)

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According to Steve Simpson, a professor of marine biology at the University of Bristol, “climate change is a likely driver” of the population boom. “We are right on the northern limit of the octopus species range, but our waters are getting warmer, so our little island of Great Britain is becoming increasingly favorable for octopus populations,” he said.

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[–] Ibuthyr@feddit.org 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why bastardize a language? "Octopuses" makes my toenails curl up. It's octopi.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Except it’s not Latin, it’s of Greek origin. So it’s octopodes.

[–] Ibuthyr@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Now I'm just plain embarrassed. I use Octopoden in German. No idea why I thought it should be octopi... I may have it mixed up with one of our customers (octopi brewing Co). Thanks for the correction!

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

English speakers do all kinds of weird things with the plural of 'octopus'

I think I've seen everything except octopussies

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Really any of those interpretations is just fine. Although I have my preference, I’m not gonna say anyone else is wrong.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's Latinized Greek, and in English as a further bastardized loan word multiple plural forms are correct, including octopi, octopodes, and octopuses!

I prefer octopussesi, personally.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Octopussoir.