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  • Scientists gave octopuses ecstasy and it revealed a secret genetic link to humans

    09/21/2018 11:13:49 AM PDT · by ETL · 77 replies
    News.com.au ^ | Sept 21, 2018 | Nick Whigham
    SCIENTISTS gave the popular party drug MDMA to a group of octopuses and the results were “completely unexpected” and reveal a hidden link to humans SCIENTISTS have discovered what happens when you give the party drug MDMA to an octopus, and say the animals surprising reaction has “amazing” implications. A team of researchers in the US decided to give a group of octopuses MDMA, often referred to as ecstasy or Molly to see how it would alter their behaviour.After being dosed, the sea creatures become much more social, friendly and interested in others.It made the animals — normally anti-social creatures...
  • Massive octopus in Seattle nearly crawls out of aquarium display

    03/07/2015 7:00:42 PM PST · by PROCON · 40 replies
    reuters ^ | March 7, 2015
    SEATTLE (Reuters) - A giant male octopus caught on cell phone video scaling his glass display tank at the Seattle Aquarium and reaching several tentacles over its open top has sparked Internet speculation that the massive mollusk was trying to mount an escape bid. But aquarium officials say the octopus, named Ink, was not attempting a jailbreak in the video, which has gone viral on the Internet, but simply learning to embrace his new home with all eight arms. "It was not an escape attempt," aquarium spokesman Tim Kuniholm said of the video, in which Ink inched his way...