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Looks like he's having a seizure for all I know. The paper is mostly a discussion of observed footage, and making guesses without presenting evidence that these
by lxe 3y ago
Looks like he's having a seizure for all I know. The paper is mostly a discussion of observed footage, and making guesses without presenting evidence that these episodes are actually linked with nightmares.
- dmix 3y agoCould there be an equivalent of a brain scan for Octopus like animals? Given its in water and all. You could probably compare his brain activity to normal sleep states. Edit: turns out a linked article here mentions that > Where do you put electrodes on an animal that has no shape?” study co-author Marcelo Magnasco, also a neuroscientist at The Rockefeller University, tells New Scientist.
- emmelaich 3y agoThe possibility of a seizure is mentioned. Here's my crazy guess. He was either constipated with ink or was getting irritated by the parasites sufficiently to panic him into trying to expel them with an ink squirt.