Dartmouth Study Finds Octopuses Can Use Mirrors to Navigate and Find Hidden Food
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A Dartmouth study published in Current Biology demonstrates that octopuses can use mirrors to locate hidden food, marking the first evidence that invertebrates possess this spatial cognitive ability. The research, led by PhD student Mary Kieseler, shows octopuses can understand mirror reflections to navigate their environment and find prey that is out of direct sight.
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· 2 pulledOur findings are the first to demonstrate that invertebrates can use mirrors to understand their environment to find prey.
Octopuses are remarkably intelligent creatures, as was demonstrated by Inky the Octopus's famous escape from the National Aquarium of New Zealand through a drainpipe back to sea in 2016.
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