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Octopuses Use Mirrors Like Humans

Octopuses Use Mirrors Like Humans

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Octopuses just got a brain upgrade: new Dartmouth research reveals they can use mirrors to locate hidden food — a skill once thought exclusive to mammals and birds. Trained to interpret reflections and navigate around corners, these cephalopods demonstrate advanced spatial reasoning, hinting at internal mental maps and convergent evolution. It’s proof that intelligence can bloom in wildly different forms — and maybe, spatial awareness is a universal cognitive challenge across the animal kingdom.

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