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The Astounding Octopus

in Ex-Facebook

Once, on Facebook I wrote:

It turns out the octopus has a profusion of brain-forming genes previously seen only in back-boned animals. But its secret weapon may not be genes as we know them.

A complex brain needs a way to store complex information. Startlingly, the octopus may have achieved this complexity by playing fast and free with its genetic code.

They’re the coolest:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/how-the-octopus-got-its-smarts