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A comment on Dolphins' elaborate octopus-hunting strategy. Parent comment

Re:Dolphins' elaborate octopus-hunting strategy by clort on Thursday April 06, 2017 @09:33AM (#14050312)
> when isolated from the central brain.

does that mean "cut off" ?

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Re:Dolphins' elaborate octopus-hunting strategy by TuringTest on Thursday April 06, 2017 @10:12AM (#14050636)
No, in the experiment I read about they forced the tentacles to go out of the water to reach some hidden area, which apparently somehow disconnects the tentacle sensitivity and reasoning from the "central unit".
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