[Coral-List] Yes, the Octopus Is Smart as Heck. But Why?

[Michael Newkirk]

Hi All,

Wow! A grain of rice? Yeah, I just looked up the anatomy. I had no idea its
brain was that small. "Puzzled" doesn't even begin to describe.

The octopus is amazing.

Best,

Michael.
Chief Editor
WordsRU

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:27 AM Magnus L Johnson <M.Johnson at hull.ac.uk>
wrote:

> It's obvious . . they have alien origins.  No other possible sensible
> explanation . . .  ;-)
>
>
> https://qz.com/1281064/a-controversial-study-has-a-new-spin-on-the-otherworldliness-of-the-octopus/
>
>
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> ________________________________________
> From: Douglas Fenner [douglasfennertassi at gmail.com]
> Sent: 09 December 2018 00:22
> To: coral list
> Subject: [Coral-List] Yes, the Octopus Is Smart as Heck. But Why?
>
> It has eight arms, three hearts — and a plan. Scientists aren’t sure how
> the cephalopods got to be so intelligent.
>
> Read More... <https://nyti.ms/2DTnFOa?smid=nytcore-ios-share>
>
> They talk about big brains, but actually Octopus and other cephalopods
> don't have big brains, their brains are about the size of a rice grain.
> Which just makes their intelligence all the more surprising and puzzling,
> it seems to me.  But the cephalopods are all fabulous creatures.
>
> There are links to several other interesting cephalopod stories at the end
> of this story.
>
> Cheers, Doug
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