I was listening to a story on the local NPR station about Octopuses the other week. The guest was a biologist and she had studied them for the past few years.

I was listening to a story on the local NPR station about Octopuses the other week. The guest was a biologist and she had studied them for the past few years. One (of many) interesting comments she made was that Octopuses can live quite a few years long if they're "fixed" (even right after reproducing). It does something to normalize their physiology so whatever makes them want to die after reproduction is nullified. I was a great interview though if you're interesting in animal intelligence. http://radio.wosu.org/post/consciousness-and-intelligence-octopus-0 http://radio.wosu.org/post/consciousness-and-intelligence-oc...