[Behavior & Cognition] Specieswatch: each octopus arm may have a mind of its own

[octobot]

From The Guardian:

One of the most remarkable creatures on the planet is the common octopus, or Octopus vulgaris, which is now well established in UK waters as our ...

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[DHF8]

A familiar but never dull story, and even more fun for me to think that the wee octobot here is also a kind of automated arm, of sorts, just feeling around out there on its own, like an independent brain, that suckers on and pulls in certain things in that might be worth consuming.