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What's especially interesting about octopus is that while they do communicate with each other, they aren't social in the way we are AFAIK. And, as discussed in
by kkylin 8y ago
What's especially interesting about octopus is that while they do communicate with each other, they aren't social in the way we are AFAIK. And, as discussed in the article, relatively short timespans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Pacific_octopus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Pacific_octopus), and parents do not raise their young the way we do.
- labster 8y agoOctopi are apparently a lot more social while high on MDMA: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/20/648788149/octopuses-get-strangely-cuddly-on-the-mood-drug-ecstasy https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/20/6487881...
- hfdgiutdryg 8y agoI don't know why you're getting down voted. It's somewhat shocking to me that MDMA would have any kind of even slightly similar effect on such a wildly different animal.
- cc-d 8y agoSerotonin as a biological utility has been around since the beginning of multi-cellular life, maybe even sooner! We organisms tend to share many of the same neurotransmitters. It's always pretty cool to observe similar pharmacological effects to those which humans experience as a result of a certain drug, and then watching a lobster react in a similar way!
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- tejtm 8y agotheir lifespans don't overlap with their offspring's very much