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That's octopodes; squid are much less intelligent. They're moving on next to much smaller (and hence even less intelligent) hummingbird bobtail squid.
by azernik 6y ago
That's octopodes; squid are much less intelligent.
They're moving on next to much smaller (and hence even less intelligent) hummingbird bobtail squid.
- sradman 6y agoMy starting assumption is that octopus, cuttlefish, and squid have similar intelligence levels. If chromatophore manipulation is correlated to cephalopod intelligence then bobtail squid are small but smart. My own anecdotal evidence is that juvenile cephalopods exhibit adult-level intelligence which is a good reminder not to project mammalian behavior assumptions on cephalopods.
- pvaldes 6y agoThe big squids are probably much more intelligent than octopus. Octopuses are solitary. Squids are social and top predators able to travel very long distances and live in a wider range of habitats. They can make light and use light and color patterns to display complex behaviour or lure preys Is also well known that squids are able to communicate two opposite messages to different colleagues at the same time.