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Octopus Brains

Octopus Brains

11/28/2022

OPB Science From the Northwest

Octopus Brains

11/28/2022 | 8m 28sVideo has Closed Captions

Octopus Brains

Octopuses are incredibly smart, yet the majority of their neurons exist in their arms and suckers, and not in their brain, making them as close to alien intelligence as we can find on Earth. It's like: what if our hands and fingers could think for themselves?

11/28/2022

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OPB Science From the Northwest

Octopus Brains

11/28/2022 | 8m 28sVideo has Closed Captions

Octopuses are incredibly smart, yet the majority of their neurons exist in their arms and suckers, and not in their brain, making them as close to alien intelligence as we can find on Earth. It's like: what if our hands and fingers could think for themselves?

11/28/2022

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