Scientists have long thought intelligence tends to develop through social interactions with an animals’ own species.
- Research Fellow in Comparative Psychology, University of Cambridge
A proposed new large-scale octopus farm in Spain is a huge risk to the welfare of this sentient and intelligent animal.
Octopus, crabs, prawns demonstrate clear signs of emotion, such as pain and ‘anxiety-like’ behaviour.
Colour-changing patterns in snoozing octopuses are characteristic of two alternating sleep states.
A marine version of the Stanford marshmallow experiment helped show cuttlefish can delay gratification.
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