Lobsters and octopuses have feelings, says new animal welfare bill – so will UK law change?: OSDG/Shutterstock Thanks to new legislation, animals will soon be recognised as “sentient beings” in UK law. Sentience is not defined in the new Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, but it’s typically understood as the ability to feel. Why, you might …
Sleeping octopuses might experience fleeting dreams – new study: Octopuses might be able to dream. Shutterstock/Henner Damke A couple of years ago an octopus named Heidi was filmed changing colours as she slept. The footage shows her flickering from a ghostly shade of white to yellow and then turning a deep shade of burgundy before …
Weird pupils let octopuses see their colorful gardens: Octopuses, squid and other cephalopods are colorblind – their eyes see only black and white – but their weirdly shaped pupils may allow them to detect color and mimic the colors of their background, according to a father/son team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, …