Octopus

The Octopus is a highly intelligent creature, not an animal the average person would think of off the top of their head when mentioning intelligent animals. It has been proven that the octopus able to hold both short & long term memory.
Baby octopus' spend minimal time with their parent & thus learn very little behaviour from them.

Laboratory experiments have been done on baby octopus and have determined that an octopus can be trained to distinguish between different shapes and patterns.

The octopus has a highly complex nervous system, with only part of it localised in their brain. Even without input from the octopus' brain, they can perform an abundance of complex movements.

Some octopus have been recorded for taking used coconut shells and manipulating them into shelters for themselves.

HAVE YOU HEARD OF AN OCTOPUS THAT CAN PICK WINNERS???

Paul the Oracle Octopus is world famous for its picking of the winners of world cup finals. Paul’s fame is due to his continued success at picking the winners from one of two boxes both placed in his tank with a flag of the competing team and a piece of food inside. To find out more about Paul, take a look at this quick video:

- Nat