An octopus's arms think

An octopus's arms think

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Most of its neurons live in the arms.

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0:00 Most of an octopus's neurons are not in its

0:02 head but in its arms.

0:03 So each arm partly thinks for itself:

0:06 it can feel,

0:07 grab and even taste without waiting for the

0:10 brain.

0:10 A severed arm will keep reacting to touch for

0:13 a while entirely on its own.