Octopuses are a new animal welfare frontier—what scientists know about consciousness in these unique creatures

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Dec 25, 2024, 11:50 am120 pts
We named him Squirt—not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked. Squirt had notoriously accurate aim.

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