The Octopus Is Smart as Heck, But Why?
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The Octopus Is Smart as Heck, But Why?
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#2In case you missed it, this out-of-the-water predatory behavior of an octopus is astounding to us mid-west folks:
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#3Octopi are interesting in that they evolved along their own path. The octopus eye has the wiring on the back, where it belongs, instead of on the front blocking some of the light, as most other animals with eyes do.
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#4In case you missed it, this out-of-the-water predatory behavior of an octopus is astounding to us mid-west folks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5fZu-1bt6Y
I hope the octopus went after the cameraman after that.
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#5because how else they would pilot their flying saucers to earth?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/octopus-aliens-sc...
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#6Octopi are interesting in that they evolved along their own path. The octopus eye has the wiring on the back, where it belongs, instead of on the front blocking some of the light, as most other animals with eyes do.
They apparently also don't require crossing wires connecting each eye with the opposite brain hemisphere. Instead, the optic lobes are directly behind the eyes: http://cephalove.blogspot.com/2010/06/view-of-octopus-brain....
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#7because how else they would pilot their flying saucers to earth? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/octopus-aliens-sc...
What we see as an octopus is only a three dimensional slice of their true form, obviously. They are actually a physical manifestation of the monster group.
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#8because how else they would pilot their flying saucers to earth? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/octopus-aliens-sc...
What we see as an octopus is only a three dimensional slice of their true form, obviously. They are actually a physical manifestation of the monster group.
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Re: The Octopus Is Smart as Heck, But Why?
#9The getting coconut shell part doesn't impress much. Even snails or hermit crabs know to find abandoned shells to hide in. Seems pretty natural for that class of animals.
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#10Perhaps more interestingly than why is how. Smarts are always useful but how do they manage with such diferente and disperse nervouse system.