![]() ![]() ![]() “The most famous anecdotes are tales of escape and thievery, in which octopuses in aquariums raid neighbouring tanks at night for food … Octopuses in at least two aquariums have learned to turn off the lights by squirting jets of water at the bulbs when no one is watching and short-circuiting the power supply. The octopus is, as it turns out, cunning and mischievous. ![]() How did it get this way? The creatures aren’t sociable, which is classically against how much of human intelligence came about.īut Godfrey-Smith notes these alien-like beings have a different type of social intelligence-interacting with prey and their ocean environment etc.įor scientists studying them, it’s a curious experience. The evolutionary journey of cephalopods is pretty remarkable. From that, as evolution took its course, came a sense of conscience and purpose. As billions of years back, animal brains were haphazard clumps of seaborne cells. It’s a story of how life came to be on this planet.Īnd the development of the mind. ![]() We’re not talking about genius here, but the eight-limbed molluscs are capable of problem solving abilities.Īnd they show a remarkable tenacity and sense of personality when dealing with the world around them.īut as a science book, Other Minds is much more than an account of the life of an octopus. ![]()
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