Cthulhu!.................
Posted on 12/02/2022 10:47:54 AM PST by Red Badger
Cephalopods are very intelligent, especially considering their lifespans.
Biden can’t.
And brain size!..................
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You have no idea how important this information is to my plans to use cuttlefish for world domination.
Had the opportunity to observe an aquarium of cuttlefish during feeding time at the zoo. It’s fascinating to watch as they quickly change their coloration in response to the stimuli.
Cthulhu!.................
Interesting.
I believe it is a sort of ‘language’.......................
Those things is SMRT!
Careful now. Cthulhu might take offense and destroy all of humanity.
Perhaps they just don’t like crab meat. So, they are not like humans in that a human can actually be taught. The only thing the Cuttlefish can do is somewhat appear, to the human, to be learning.
You need the right kind of Lab Assistants to help you conduct a broad ranging experiment like that one.
Not told was how long it took to ‘teach’ cuttlefish that version of the Marshmallow Test.
How many individual fish involved per test?
Is a Cuttlefish a schooling type of fish, inclined to follow a leader or are they more inclined to act independantly when present as a group?
I would think most small fish are inclined to travel, feed and react in formation, or as a ‘school’.
> This ability to delay gratification demonstrates cognitive abilities such as future planning, and it was originally conducted to study how human cognition develops; specifically, at what age a human is smart enough to delay gratification if it means a better outcome later.
In some humans, this ability never develops.
Cuttlefish are loners, IIRC.....................
The cuttlefish cousin, octopus, is very smart.
A local bar owner, years ago, had a octopus in the bar aquarium.
It would rearrange the objects in the aquarium to it’s satisfaction and the bar owner would put them back where he wanted them.
But the next morning they would be right back where the octopus wanted them.
He finally gave up..................
I would’ve been the kid that didn’t eat the marshmallow, not because I was patient, but because I don’t like them. Although if it was a Rice Krispie treat, all bets are off. Those things are yummy!
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