Octopuses learn well,
Mirrors guide them to hidden
Food in Dartmouth's test.
Mirrors guide them to hidden
Food in Dartmouth's test.
Octopuses may be even smarter than we thought. Researchers at Dartmouth found that octopuses can learn to use mirrors to locate food hidden behind them—a skill previously seen only in vertebrates like mammals and birds. After training, the animals correctly identified the food’s location about…