I wonder if they have to learn things with each arm, if arms have actual memory.
Could they have a preferred arm for, say, snatching prey, and others more experienced with locomotion?
If an octopus loses an arm and regenerates is, would it need to be retrained?
Michael says
He DID say alien (not hearing, i.e. ignoring the qualifying other parts of the sentence).
dWhisper says
Tangentially related, but the best addition in Pixar’s Finding Dory is the new octopus (well, septipus), Hank, and the best line of the movie:
“Suck it, bipeds”
John Phillips, FCD says
dWhisper, I don’t know if you saw it but the link below is to an interview with the creators and how it took so long to create.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/06/11/i-told-you-tentacle-movement-is-really-complex/
F.O. says
I wonder if they have to learn things with each arm, if arms have actual memory.
Could they have a preferred arm for, say, snatching prey, and others more experienced with locomotion?
If an octopus loses an arm and regenerates is, would it need to be retrained?
aarrgghh says
“suck first, ask questions later.”
testimony against him at his sexual harassment inquest was remarkably consistent …