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

[Susan White]

It is suggested that the cephalopods bodies ARE their minds.  Pretty
amazing!
Recommend reading “Other Minds, the octopus, the sea, and the deep origins
of consciousness” by Peter Godfrey-Smith.  While not a peer-reviewed
scientific publication, it’s well put together (with a referenced “Notes”
section) and entertaining.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/books/review/other-minds-peter-godfrey-smith.amp.html



https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374227760

Susan White
Refuge Manager
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

On Dec 10, 2018, at 15:24, Michael Newkirk <michaeljnewkirk at gmail.com>
wrote:

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/



Dr Magnus Johnson FHEA FMBA | Senior Lecturer | Environmental Marine

Science | Director of Postgraduate Taught Courses | University Diving

Officer |

New for 2018  MSc Marine Environmental Management

University of Hull, School of Environmental Sciences


www.marine-biology.org.uk

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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

--

Douglas Fenner

Ocean Associates, Inc. Contractor

NOAA Fisheries Service

Pacific Islands Regional Office

Honolulu

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Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA


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