[NOT satire!] Octopuses may go blind from climate change, study warns

FoxNews.com ^ | May 20, 2019 | Chris Ciaccia

[ETL]

Plastic pollution and climate change may be significantly altering the level of oxygen on our planet.

Now, a new study dives into the impact it could have on marine life, including squids, crabs and octopuses – blindness.

The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, highlights how important oxygen is to sight and retinal activity for certain marine larvae.

Tiny declines in oxygen levels result in significant vision impairment, including almost total blindness in certain species. ..."

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The research highlights that it is likely there is a change in oxygen in the daily environment of these animals due to swimming at different depths, but it underscores the concern that a permanent decline could be destructive. ..."

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"I am concerned that climate change is going to make this issue worse," the study's lead author, Lillian McCormick, said in an interview with Live Science. She added "that visual impairment might happen more frequently in the sea."

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"The research highlights that it is likely there is a change in oxygen in the daily environment of these animals due to swimming at different depths, but it underscores the concern that a permanent decline could be destructive."

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[Track9]

I think it’s from having too many options when they’re alone.

[BitWielder1]

__________ may __________ from climate change, study warns.

Fill in whatever you want here.

[ETL]

Lol! Good one. And accurate.

[rlmorel]

Heck, if I had eight hands, I would definitely go blind.

[lurk]

First, who sits around thinking this stuff up?

And second, who actually believes this stuff?

[taxcontrol]

Of all the things I worry about.... this has GOT to be the least important.

[samtheman]

[Buckeye McFrog]

I thought they went blind because they won’t stop self-abuse with their four left hands.

[Calvin Locke]

So, if an octopus is in his garden in the shade, are O2 levels different than from not being in the shade?

[antidemoncrat]

Maybe we can provide them seeing-eye porpoises.

[Calvin Locke]

First, who sits around thinking this stuff up?

Federal grant seekers?

[ETL]

And besides, Octopuses are said to be highly intelligent. They would simply adapt.

[ETL]

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

News.com.au ^ | Sept 21, 2018 | Nick Whigham

Posted on 9/21/2018, 2:13:49 PM 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 that’s 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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[aMorePerfectUnion]

So… Each octopus would need 8 canes... or 4 canes!?

[G Larry]

They’re well equipped to feel their way around....

[Fresh Wind]

If kids can do the cube with their feet, I'm sure an octopus can too. And they can do it even easier since they have 4 times as many feet.

[Lumper20]

Fox is trash and loaded with fags/liberal idiots. Anyone who has graduated from college knows the weirdest idiots are journalism majors. These are the types who are very insecure/strange.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Someone actually is getting paid to come up with this crap.