[Coral-List] [EXTERNAL] Re: Yes, the Octopus Is Smart as Heck. But Why?
Susan White
susan_white at fws.gov
Tue Dec 11 18:41:57 UTC 2018
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/
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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
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