Nothing is more manly than a head full of useless information. It’s used to break the silence in an awkward first date with that Page 3 model you convinced that you were hung like a Mexican Donkey with the wealth of a TD. It can be used to spark lively and entertaining man conversation down the pub, and if you have a website dedicated to all things manly you’ll forever be revered as a genius when you publish them and share your manly knowledge. Probably.
Some true facts about the Octopus.
Octopuses are deaf.
Octopuses isn’t the plural for Octopuses, Octopi is.
The octopus is capable of learning. In an experiment, octopi were trained to distinguish between shapes and also to recognize objects by touch.
The blue-ringed octopus is the size of a golf ball but its poison is powerful enough to kill an adult human in minutes. There’s no known antidote. Also, it is brown or yellow in its natural state. You won’t see the blue rings until it is too late. The blue rings are visible only when it is about to attack.
An octopus has absolutely no bones. The only hard anatomical structure on an octopus is the beak around the mouth, which made of similar tissue to fingernails.
Octopuses are cephalopods, which literally means head foot.
Octopus and squid are thought to be the most intelligent of all invertebrates.
Different species of octopuses tend to be small when they live in warm tropical waters and larger in colder waters.
For an octopus, camouflage is its major method of protection. It can instantly change the color and texture of its skin to match the surrounding area.
Keeping an octopus as a pet is difficult. These Houdini creatures are notorious for escaping from supposedly secure tanks due to their intelligence and flexible bodies.
An octopus has three hearts. Two hearts to pump blood through each of its two gills, and a third one to pump blood through its body.
Some facts about the Octopus that we wish were true.
Ever since that shitty song about an octopus’s garden, there’s been a worldwide hit out on Ringo Starr courtesy of the 8 armed community. Which is why you never hear about Ringo out for a casual dip in the coral.
Despite their number of arms, octopi make for shitty drummers.
The average octopus is a vegetarian. You’ll never find an average octopus as they’re all awesome to the max.
The only reason they have 8 arms is because they have 8 penises. The octopenis if you will.
I have a pet octopus called Squishy McSuckyboots. That’s a lie, my landlord won’t let me have a pet even though he lives below me and has a trained team of Seahorses. I think he just doesn’t like the cool name I gave my pet. All of his seahorses are called Barry.
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More manly facts next Sunday.




















