cephalopods

Our last common ancestor with cephalopods is also our last common ancestor with slugs and hookworms.

In particular many countries do not cover cephalopods (octopuses, squids, etc) under their animal use laws..

What's interesting to me is that homosexuality can be found in hundreds/thousands of animal species from high-order mammals to cephalopods.

Some animals have multiple hearts, for instance cephalopods, like octopuses & squids, have 3 hearts.

Humans don't spend a lot of time on the seafloor, and cephalopods don't spend a lot of time in the open air.

There are exceptions, of course - go ahead and say Cephalopods (things like octopuses and squid) if you're a marine biology educator.

I say it again, fungi and cephalopods are the closest things to aliens we have on this world.

An additional complication is that some cephalopods have a relatively unique ability to change gene expression in response to environmental factors [0].

Many Cephalopods (octopuses, squid, cuttlefish) can see with their arms and then replay the image on the other side like a video screen.

Maybe, but either vertebrates or cephalopods have to have sub optimal design.

There’s a part of me that speculates that the kashrut laws are meant to rule out eating the most intelligent animals (pigs, cetaceans, cephalopods).

I'm trying to decide whether it would be possible for super-intelligent cephalopods to use underwater lava vents to refine metals.

The idea of breeding cephalopods for increased intelligence is touched on in the (great) novel, "Manifold: Time".

Cephalopods, on the other hand, evolved their eyes independently the "reasonable" way, connecing their nerves from behind the eyeball.

Not cephalopods specifically, but the idea of breeding smarter animals is touched on by David Brin in his "Uplift" novels.

The term "phish" is deeply offensive to cuttlephish, who are proud cephalopods.

Cephalopods are the most highly evolved species living on planet Earth.

On the specific topic of Cephalopods, I think our highest moral imperative is to ensure the survival and continued evolution of the species.

Cephalopods are very distantly related to us.