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An octopus in a public aquarium. Due to their intelligence, cephalopods are commonly protected by animal testing regulations that do not usually apply to invertebrates. In the UK from 1993 to 2012, the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) was the only invertebrate protected under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. [48]
Sentience: the ability to be aware (feel, perceive, or be conscious) of one's surroundings or to have subjective experiences. Sentience is a minimalistic way of defining consciousness, which is otherwise commonly used to collectively describe sentience plus other characteristics of the mind.
An octopus (pl.: octopuses or octopodes [a]) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (/ ɒ k ˈ t ɒ p ə d ə /, ok-TOP-ə-də [3]).The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids.
Meanwhile, Washington and California are among several states where lawmakers this year have considered bans on octopus farming, a species for which scientists have found strong evidence of sentience.
More than 20 years later, various projects have created parts of the octopus such as a soft robotic arm that has many of the features of a tentacle, and today there are a number of projects ...
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An octopus traveling with shells collected for protection. Despite evolving independently from humans for over 600 million years, octopuses demonstrate problem-solving abilities, adaptive learning, and likely sentience. [92] Cephalopods are capable of complex tasks, thus earning them the reputation of being among the smartest of invertebrates.
Scientists were expecting the octopus to work on problem-solving solutions by understanding how the screw top lid works and opening it with its arms. But the octopus bypassed the screw top completely.