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Octopus dreams more like gifs than visions: scientist – Brisbane Times
A new octopus study suggests the creatures experience short bursts of ‘active sleep’ not unlike humans, but without the “complex symbolic plots”.
Study lead author Sylvia Medeiros said the findings suggest octopuses may be dreaming or experiencing something similar.
If octopuses indeed dream, it is unlikely that they experience complex symbolic plots like we do, said Medeiros, a doctoral student in neuroscience at the Brain Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.
Active sleep in the octopus has a very short duration, typically from a few seconds to one minute. If during this state there is any dreaming going on, it should…
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