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Octopuses used mirrors to spot prey they couldn't see directly, a first-ever feat for invertebrates.
Dartmouth College
Who
researchers, Peter Tse, three California two-spot octopuses
What
Octopuses used mirrors to spot prey they couldn't see directly, a first-ever feat for invertebrates.
When
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:52:00 GMT · 2h 56m ago
Where
Dartmouth College ·
Why
Researchers tested whether octopuses could be taught to use a mirror to find prey to understand their spatial reasoning.
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This discovery suggests complex cognition can arise independently in different life forms and hints that octopuses may rely on internal spatial maps, opening new avenues for understanding invertebrate intelligence.
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