# Octopus gnocchi contains actual octopus!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-gnocchi-contains-actual-octopus/659902>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 1, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-gnocchi-contains-actual-octopus/659902 "2013-06-01T23:30:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-gnocchi-contains-actual-octopus/659902/1 "2013-06-01T23:30:10Z")

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This 3-year-old Portuguese boy finds out something he didn’t previously know. He’s awfully cute, and the video is subtitled.

> **[The Case For Vegetarianism, Delivered By A Toddler](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/06/01/187801178/the-case-for-vegetarianism-delivered-by-a-toddler)**
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> The viral video shows an adorable toddler struggling with the thought of octopus in his gnocchi. We ask: How did you explain eating animals to your kids?

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**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-gnocchi-contains-actual-octopus/659902/2 "2013-06-01T23:37:52Z")

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Aww. I like when he’s trying to make sure this isn’t the same kind of octopus that has a head and _speaks_.

I had a similar conversation with my daughter at that age. She thought chicken the animal and chicken the food just happened to have the same name.