Do cephalods sleep?
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Topic: Do cephalods sleep?
Posted By: refugee
Subject: Do cephalods sleep?
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 10:05
Do cephalopods (octopuses, squids, cuttle fish) sleep? My two year old nephew asked me about this yesterday. Instead of googling for an hour or two I ask you. 
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 10:20
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I can't imagine why they wouldn't.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 10:34
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I can't imagine why they would, ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 10:37
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As usual, Yahoo Answers provides us with unmatched insight and enlightenment on http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070105061949AAvHNBg" rel="nofollow - this question,
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 10:41
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^ it seemed reasonable to me too, knowing that they were nocturnal and the biology of their eye is more "advanced" than ours (the don't have a blind-spot), so yes, I googled it to be sure:
http://discovermagazine.com/2003/oct/feateye" rel="nofollow - http://discovermagazine.com/2003/oct/feateye
Apparently, not only do they sleep, they enter a REM sleep phase and could possibly even dream. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 10:42
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Fascinating.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 10:50
 I love this one:
Okay - not a huge belly-laugh, but still amusing that it's the 18% best answer.
-us is singular and -i is plural, however, octopus is not a Latin word, it's Greek so the plural should be octopudes though octopuses is the acceptable form (octopi is just being pretentious) ------------- What? |
thellama73 wrote:Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 10:51
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 11:06
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OK I should have put octopuses...I wasn't being pretentious..just stupid.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 11:17
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Having watched enough episodes of QI we must have learnt something from the Great Lord Fry by now... if only the correct pluralisation of octopus (moral: you can learn from watching TV) ------------- What? |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 11:54
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Maybe they're pining for the fjords
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 12:29
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Thanks! In Greek it’s κεφαλόποδα (cephalopods), meaning head-feet. Octopus is χταπόδι, meaning eight legs. I find it extremely interesting that not only do they sleep, they probably dream as well. Milo is an intelligent young lad so I think he will understand. Next week we’ll go to the aquarium in the old town so he can see these fascinating animals.
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 12:45
Octopuses are supposed to be one of the most intelligent creatures out there, so it doesn't surprise me that they may dream. They also are good with some marsala sauce. -------------
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Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: October 13 2012 at 07:36
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: October 13 2012 at 08:07
You mean they can cook as well?  ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 13 2012 at 08:20
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