Ugh what next, farm chimpanzees for their meat?
I always was a little mystified at their choice of name over at the actual Soylent meal replacement company. And their choice to feature their green Soylent product as the main banner on their webpage.
Many octopuses live just a year or two. Takes no time to get to maturity.
Anyway, whales and dolphins eat them too.
That’s hardly a justification for what humans should and shouldn’t do.
Worry about something that matters. Like, to the octopus. Likely growing up in a safe well-supplied gentle pool without fear might even appeal to them.
Btw you just gave an excellent defense of why it's ok to eat dolphins. They don't care, it's business as usual for them.
Some dolphins would be make friends with specific other dolphins, and enemies out of others (bullying / attacking) and needed to be kept apart. Not all of them would actually recover enough to live to old age.
I distinctly remember times when a dolphin had a friend die, they would display what I would consider depression symptoms. Not wanting to play with toys, less interest in eating, way less activity in general.