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If you're just looking for footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqim34DvCrs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqim34DvCrs

itronitron 7y ago
very neat to see that they swim 'forward' with their tentacles grouped together as one. freaky
- sambroner 7y ago
  I saw that too. I couldn’t tell if it was a video artifact or not though.
- huis 7y ago
  What I also find a kind of 'freaky' is that it touches the object and then feels it is attached to something and says 'nope!'. And it is gone. Ofcourse this is no proof but to me it shows some kind of intelligence.
  - agumonkey 7y ago
    I wouldn't say this behavior is part of intelligence, it's probably the first thing nature crafted in any life form. Unfamiliarity => move.
    - EForEndeavour 7y ago
      Maybe this one specific behaviour doesn't convince you of intelligence, but squids, octopi, and cuttlefish are among the most intelligent cephalopods, which are in turn the most intelligent known invertebrates.
      - agumonkey 7y ago
        Oh, I'm well aware of their prowess, it's been taped and discussed (also many more animals have more cognitive abilities than were thought before). I was just discussing this particular reflex/behavior.
    - huis 7y ago
      I don't know if this is true. Most simple animals are very curious. If it doesn't move => go check it out.
      - agumonkey 7y ago
        well, the squid do check it out but it didn't like what he found
    - HenryBemis 7y ago
      Is this worth eating or fighting (for) it? I have no knowledge on how they identify/distinguish food over a rock, if the tentacles have some sort of receptors on them, but apparently this didn't "taste" like food, thus unworthy of eating or fighting for and therefore better safe than sorry.
      - agumonkey 7y ago
        Maybe something on the surface didn't mesh well with the succion-cups
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  - diveanon 7y ago
    There is plenty of proof that cephalopods are intelligent, but we keep moving the goal posts on what we define as intelligence. They have advanced problem solving capabilities and a distributed nervous system that can achieve levels of parallel processing software devs dream of. We don't need to go to other planets to find intelligent life, it is already here. We are just aren't smart enough to communicate with it yet.
- pvaldes 7y ago
  Squids do not use the tentacles to swim and all species advance with the ten arms fused in a cone. Taking the more aquadynamic shape possible Is the more efficient way to swim for them
  - bookofjoe 7y ago
    Squid jet propulsion: https://youtu.be/9OIjaHIrM0U https://youtu.be/9OIjaHIrM0U. 8 arms + 2 tentacles: https://www.aqua.org/blog/2017/October/Cephalopods-Arms-or-Tentacles https://www.aqua.org/blog/2017/October/Cephalopods-Arms-or-T...
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jolmg 7y ago
I wish there was some kind of relatable size reference in the video, like a car or person next to it or something.

itronitron 7y ago

very neat to see that they swim 'forward' with their tentacles grouped together as one. freaky

sambroner 7y ago
I saw that too. I couldn’t tell if it was a video artifact or not though.
huis 7y ago
What I also find a kind of 'freaky' is that it touches the object and then feels it is attached to something and says 'nope!'. And it is gone. Ofcourse this is no proof but to me it shows some kind of intelligence.
- agumonkey 7y ago
  I wouldn't say this behavior is part of intelligence, it's probably the first thing nature crafted in any life form. Unfamiliarity => move.
  - EForEndeavour 7y ago
    Maybe this one specific behaviour doesn't convince you of intelligence, but squids, octopi, and cuttlefish are among the most intelligent cephalopods, which are in turn the most intelligent known invertebrates.
    - agumonkey 7y ago
      Oh, I'm well aware of their prowess, it's been taped and discussed (also many more animals have more cognitive abilities than were thought before). I was just discussing this particular reflex/behavior.
  - huis 7y ago
    I don't know if this is true. Most simple animals are very curious. If it doesn't move => go check it out.
    - agumonkey 7y ago
      well, the squid do check it out but it didn't like what he found
  - HenryBemis 7y ago
    Is this worth eating or fighting (for) it? I have no knowledge on how they identify/distinguish food over a rock, if the tentacles have some sort of receptors on them, but apparently this didn't "taste" like food, thus unworthy of eating or fighting for and therefore better safe than sorry.
    - agumonkey 7y ago
      Maybe something on the surface didn't mesh well with the succion-cups
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- diveanon 7y ago
  There is plenty of proof that cephalopods are intelligent, but we keep moving the goal posts on what we define as intelligence. They have advanced problem solving capabilities and a distributed nervous system that can achieve levels of parallel processing software devs dream of. We don't need to go to other planets to find intelligent life, it is already here. We are just aren't smart enough to communicate with it yet.
pvaldes 7y ago
Squids do not use the tentacles to swim and all species advance with the ten arms fused in a cone. Taking the more aquadynamic shape possible Is the more efficient way to swim for them
- bookofjoe 7y ago
  Squid jet propulsion: https://youtu.be/9OIjaHIrM0U https://youtu.be/9OIjaHIrM0U. 8 arms + 2 tentacles: https://www.aqua.org/blog/2017/October/Cephalopods-Arms-or-Tentacles https://www.aqua.org/blog/2017/October/Cephalopods-Arms-or-T...

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jolmg 7y ago

I wish there was some kind of relatable size reference in the video, like a car or person next to it or something.