Octopus Are Able to Open Glass Jars From Within, Escape Closed Aquariums and Learn Tricks by Observing Others of Their Species, Although They Are Completely Solitary Animals: Science Explains Why Their Intelligence Defies All Logic

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The octopus shakes again what we thought we knew about animal intelligence. A new Dartmouth study has shown that these cephalopods can learn to use a mirror to locate food that is not in sight, a spatial skill that has so far only been documented in some vertebrates, such as mammals and birds. The key is not that the octopus is looked at and recognized, as we usually imagine when we talk about mirrors. The striking is something else. The animal …