Re:How the octopus got its smarts
by ufmace on Thursday September 20, 2018 @03:53PM
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That makes me wonder - do they have what we would consider reasonable conversations with each other?
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Re:How the octopus got its smarts
by kevinmchugh on Thursday September 20, 2018 @05:41PM
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Chimp communication is complicated enough that it can probably be called conservation, but I think they're one of the only species for which that is true.
I think most animals lack a wide enough range of responses to have a conversation.
In most cases humans have not yet figured out anywhere near the full range of particular animals’ communication, so this is hard to judge.
For example, prarie dogs https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/magazine/can-prairie-dogs...