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  1. 🐙 NEW: Researchers first filmed #Octopus insularis cycling between long quiet #sleep and short active bursts with #color and #texture changes every 30 to 40 minutes.

    A later #study on Octopus laqueus used #brain probes and found that those active bursts lasted about a minute and came with wake-like neural activity, especially in #learning and #memory regions.

    👉 scienceblog.com/n-a-sleeping-o

    #neuroscience #animalbehavior #marinebiology #cephalopod #biology #science #dreams #animals #wildlife #ocean #research #nature

  2. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐙🚫 #Spain’s largest fisheries company shelved the world’s first industrial #octopus farm after years of controversy.

    Marine biologists explain that octopus #larvae are fragile, feed costs exceed market value, and the #animals refuse sameness. Scientists and activists weigh the practical failures of #farming against the ethical question of whether this intelligent, solitary wild creature should be imprisoned in the #sea at all.

    👉 theguardian.com/environment/20

    #marinebiology #biology #intelligence #sentience #ocean #wildlife #sustainability #conservation #science #nature #food #ethics #cephalopod