Sea geniuses: all the ways that octopuses are wildly intelligent
Some scientists claim that octopuses could be the next big species after humans go extinct and that there is much to learn ...
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What Scientists Learned by Putting Octopuses in MRI Machines
Chloe Tenn is a graduate of North Carolina State University, where she studied neurobiology, English, and forensic science. Fascinated by the intersection of science and society, she has written for ...
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Octopuses keep surprising us – here are eight examples how
Octopuses have blue blood, three hearts and a doughnut-shaped brain. But these aren’t even the most unusual things about them! Known for their otherworldly look and remarkable intelligence, octopuses ...
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Cephalopod Camouflage: Cells and Organs of the Skin
How can the soft bodies of coleoid cephalopods so aptly hide in their environment? Why must they? What cells and specialized organs make such crypsis possible for one of the older evolutionary ...
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Segmented Nerve Cords Enable Precision and Flexibility in Cephalopod Arms
The arms of cephalopods such as octopuses are a marvel of nature. They combine flexibility and precision without a skeletal framework. These appendages enable complex movements and sensory ...
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Review of the Evidence of Sentience in Cephalopod Molluscs and Decapod Crustaceans
Sentience is the capacity to have feelings, such as feelings of pain, pleasure, hunger, thirst, warmth, joy, comfort and excitement. It is not simply the capacity to feel pain, but feelings of pain, ...