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Social distancing is a thing in the octopus world. According to new research out of the University of Sydney, some females will tell males to back off by throwing stuff at them. Plus: it was this week in 2019 that a drunk feral pig in western Australia picked a fight with a cow, which is probably one of the weirdest sentences of the week. 

Female Octopuses Throw Things at Irritating Males, And Look, We Totally Get It (Science Alert)

Drunk and boarish: swigging pig hogs 18 beers at campsite (The Guardian)

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