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There was a story not long ago about an octopus in a German aquarium. Apparently, the museum noticed that a particular lamp was always broken. With the help of
by johnyzee 17y ago
There was a story not long ago about an octopus in a German aquarium. Apparently, the museum noticed that a particular lamp was always broken. With the help of surveillance, they discovered that every night, an octopus in a nearby tank would climb his tank to an elevated position and shortcircuit the lamp by spitting water on it. The lamp had been disturbing the squid's sleep, causing it to take active measures.
They display extraordinary intelligence for such a 'different' creature. As far as I know their nearest related species is the spider, which also displays a very high degree of aptitude for its kind.
Edit: Here's the story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3328480/Otto-the-octopus-wrecks-havoc.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3328...
- StrawberryFrog 17y agoAs far as I know their nearest related species is the spider A cephalopod's ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod ) closest relative is an arachnid? I don't think so.
- johnyzee 17y agoWikipedia has taken all the fun out of arguing :). Thanks for the correction.
- nailer 17y agoThere's also soem great videos of Octopi solving mazes. What's particularly interesting is not that they win quickly, but that they cheat - 'choose your own adventure' style - extending one arm into each possible outcome, and only investigating those where the outcome allows further exploration. They're amazing animals, and really blow away the whole concept of invertebrates not having great intellects.