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The Mind of the Kraken

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Brain of a Cephalopod

Cephalopods have the most complex brains of any invertebrates. An octopus brain has 50 to 75 lobes and at least as many neurons, about 100 million as a mouse brain. They're unique in that all these ganglias have condensed so they form a centralized brain. And there are two areas of this brain that have developed that are specialized for memory storage.

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