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Scientists gave octopuses ecstasy and it revealed a secret genetic link to humans
News.com.au ^
| Sept 21, 2018
| Nick Whigham
Posted on 09/21/2018 11:13:49 AM PDT by ETL
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 want to gather together, hug, and touch each other in a curious fashion.
Remarkably, they exhibited much the same behaviour as humans do when taking the drug that produces feeling of euphoria and a desire for social connection. And thats the surprising part.
As the researchers pointed out, human and octopus lineages are separated by over 500 million years of evolution and show divergent anatomical patterns of brain organisation. In terms of our nervous system, we could hardly be more different.
The purpose of the study was for scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts to work out if octopuses and humans shared any genetic links.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; mdma; octopodes; vaulttec
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:13:49 AM PDT
by
ETL
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:14:23 AM PDT
by
ETL
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I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus's garden in the shade
I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus's garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade
We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus's garden near a cave
We would sing and dance around
Because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade
We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)
We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden with you
In an octopus's garden with you
In an octopus's garden with you
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:17:17 AM PDT
by
ETL
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To: All
"It made the animals normally anti-social creatures want to gather together, hug, and touch each other in a curious fashion."
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:19:59 AM PDT
by
ETL
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To: ETL
Octopus’s Garden
The Beatles
Produced by George Martin
Album Abbey Road
[Chorus]
Id like to be under the sea
In an octopuss garden in the shade
[Verse 1]
Hed let us in, knows where weve been
In his octopuss garden in the shade
Id ask my friends to come and see
An octopuss garden with me
[Chorus]
Id like to be under the sea
In an octopuss garden in the shade
[Verse 2]
We would be warm below the storm
In our little hide-a-way beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopuss garden near a cave
We would sing and dance around
Because we know we cant be found
[Chorus]
Id like to be under the sea
In an octopuss garden in the shade
[Verse 3]
We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing theyre happy and theyre safe
We would be so happy, you and me
No-one there to tell us what to do
[Chorus]
Id like to be under the sea
In an octopuss garden in the shade
Id like to be under the sea
In an octopuss garden with you
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:20:15 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Q..........................Future Proves Past..............WWG1WGA.....................)
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:21:05 AM PDT
by
ETL
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To: ETL
DJ OCTO was there spinning EDM
To: ETL
I wonder how much of the dope the “scientists” kept for themselves.
If you throw an octupus in a fire, it’ll burn to death, much like a human.
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:21:16 AM PDT
by
fruser1
To: ETL
Isn’t the plural “octopi”?
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:22:06 AM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: ETL
Seems like an octopus group hug would be entangling.
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:24:22 AM PDT
by
Anima Mundi
(Breathes there a man with soul so dead...)
To: ETL
That explains some of those Japanese videos...
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:24:38 AM PDT
by
DBrow
To: Red Badger
"It made the animals normally anti-social creatures want to gather together, hug, and touch each other in a curious fashion."
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:25:47 AM PDT
by
ETL
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To: chajin
I think two of them would be sedecim
To: ETL
Did it even exist back then?..................
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:27:31 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Q..........................Future Proves Past..............WWG1WGA.....................)
To: ETL
To: ETL
Sea searchers [ gotta love today’s simpole spel chec] just looking for free drugs for themselves under the cover of Science.
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:31:55 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: ETL
Octopi are highly intelligent animals.
There was a case here a few years back in the paper where a guy had one in his aquarium at home.
He, the man, would arrange the items in the aquarium a certain way and go to bed.
When he got up the next morning, the octopus had rearranged the items to its liking.
He did this several times, making different locations for the items each time, and the next morning they would be right back where the octopus wanted them.
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:32:07 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Q..........................Future Proves Past..............WWG1WGA.....................)
To: fruser1
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posted on
09/21/2018 11:32:42 AM PDT
by
ETL
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To: ETL
That seems like a careless experiment to be conducted in open waters. The animals could have had a toxic reaction. It is interesting that they relax and socialize after taking the drug, but that is against their natural behavior.
If one alters their natural or instinctive nature, other factors are going to be affected too.
Patterns of finding or sharing food. Patterns of changing color as a method of camouflage. Mating and aggression patterns would likely be effected if the experiment last a long time.
To: ETL
I’ve never wondered what an octopus on ecstasy does. What will they think of next?
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