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Octopusesi: the intelligent aliens of the sea - Cray - 07-18-2015
I split the difference between the plurals for octopus in the title since hipsters are apparently making the old plural obsolete. Anyway, here's your article:
https://orionmagazine.org/article/deep-intellect/
RE: Octopusesi: the intelligent aliens of the sea - stevebowers - 07-18-2015
Fascinating. I like the idea that these animals have evolved intelligence to compensate for using their shells; I'm not sure that is the only reason, but it seems likely that intelligence can evolve for many reasons.