Octopuses make some pretty good moves, researchers show
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 09:00
in Psychology & Sociology
In case you thought that octopuses were smart only in guessing the outcome of soccer matches (remember the late Paul the octopus in Germany who picked all the right winners in last year's world cup matches in Johannesburg?), scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have now shown that not only are they smart, they can make some pretty good moves as well.