How Smart Is the Octopus?

Bright enough to do the moving-rock trick.

By Carl Zimmer
Updated Monday, June 23, 2008, at 1:14 PM ET
www.slate.com

Aristotle didn't have a high opinion of the octopus. "The octopus is a stupid creature," he wrote, "for it will approach a man's hand if it be lowered in the water." Twenty-four centuries later, this "stupid" creature is enjoying a much better reputation. YouTube is loaded with evidence of what some might call octopus intelligence.

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