Octopuses: playful, choosy and smarter than you think
Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the great depths of cephalopod intelligence in his book Other Minds, now shortlisted for the 2017 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize. The most famous octopus anecdotes are tales of escape and thievery, in which octopuses in aquariums raid neighboring tanks at night for food.
Can We Really Be Friends with an Octopus? - Hakai Magazine
2022年1月11日 · Connor Gibbons, cephalopod facilities manager at Columbia University and a former senior aquarist at the New York Aquarium, does not think “social” is the right way to describe them. “I would even be hesitant to use the word playful,” he says. “It’s more that they are inquisitive or exploratory, that they show more interest in ...
Journey of Octopus Discovery Reveals Them to Be Playful, …
2014年6月25日 · They're playful, curious—and cannibalistic. But scientists and robotics engineers are only just beginning to come to grips with these enigmatic creatures of the deep. Katherine Harmon Courage...
Does An Octopus Have A Soul? This Author Thinks So - National …
2015年6月10日 · An octopus floats against a backdrop of blue ocean off Hawaii. The mollusks are intelligent, playful and full of surprises, according to Sy Montgomery, author of the book.
8 Crazy Facts About Octopuses - Live Science
2013年12月13日 · Octopuses are the most intelligent invertebrates on Earth. Here are eight awesome things we learned about the creatures from reading Katherine Harmon Courage's book "Octopus!
TikTok Mermaid Shares Life Working With a Playful Octopus …
2021年10月26日 · TikTok user Madison Cashio posted a video of a captive octopus called Octavia playing with her as she tried to clean the creature's tank. Stock image: An octopus swimming.
Social Octopus Species Shatters Beliefs About Ocean Dwellers
2014年7月30日 · Most octopuses are loners, but larger Pacific striped octopuses, like the one shown here, display surprising social behaviors. Group-living animals are helping scientists learn more about octopus...
BBC Radio 4 - Other Minds: The Octopus And The Evolution Of …
With brain cells running through its entire body, the octopus is a playful, inquisitive and mischievous creature whose abilities may surprise you. In his new audiobook, Other Minds: The...
These creatures are smart, playful, and incredibly alien
2017年10月6日 · In movies and stories, octopuses are portrayed as monsters, and the giant Pacific is the largest and strongest of them all. A single sucker on a large male can lift thirty pounds, and the animal...
Are Octopus Smart? A Look Inside the Brain of an Octopus
2022年12月12日 · Films like the 2020 Oscar-winning documentary My Octopus Teacher and essays like Sy Montgomery’s “Deep Intellect” paint octopuses as curious, sensitive and even playful creatures. Is an Octopus Smart?