Octopus farming turns my stomach – but are some species really more worthy than others? | Elle Hunt

I haven't eaten octopus in years, yet being smart shouldn't make them exceptions. All animals need protection from unnecessary suffering

The collective noun for a group of octopuses, in case you were wondering, is a consortium - not, as some wags might tell you, a seafood buffet.

I myself don't eat octopus, and have made a lot of noise about why: they're as smart as parrots, their brain is spread over their arms, they are many millions of years older than we are - don't you know that, of all the species on Earth, only they and we share a high-resolution camera eye?

Elle Hunt is a freelance journalist