Mystery Octopus Intelligence

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Blue-ringed octopus from New South Wales, Australia

The blue-ringed octopus is 12 to 20 cm (5 to 8 inches), but its venom is powerful enough to kill humans. There is no blue-ringed octopus antivenom available.

The octopus produces venom that contains tetrodotoxin, 5-hydroxytryptamine, hyaluronidase, tyramine, histamine, tryptamine, octopamine, taurine, acetylcholine, and dopamine. The major neurotoxin component of blue-ringed octopus venom was originally known as maculotoxin but was later found to be identical to tetrodotoxin,[3] a neurotoxin which is also found in pufferfish and cone snails. Tetrodotoxin blocks sodium channels, causing motor paralysis and respiratory arrest within minutes of exposure, leading to cardiac arrest due to a lack of oxygen. The toxin is created by bacteria in the salivary glands of the octopus.[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-ringed_octopus

List of Facts about the Octopus
• The octopus is more likely known as a cephalopod.
• Octopus travel methods include: crawling, walking, jet propulsion, flying and swimming.
• The largest type of octopus is the North Pacific Octopus that can grow up to 30 feet and weigh up to 100 lbs.
• The smallest type of octopus is the Californian Octopus which only grows to around 3/8 inch to 1 inch.
• Generally the smaller the octopus, the more poisonous it is. With that said, the Blue Ringed Octopus has enough poison to kill humans and can grow up to around 4 inches.
• The octopus is very intelligent and have shown maze and problem-solving skills that prove they experience both short and long-term memory

Wow! Giant octopus - extreme animals - BBC wildlife
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwAqhThd_EQ&feature=related

Giant Octopus attacks Submarine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LHTWmaOKpg&feature=related

Psalm 92:5-6 O LORD, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep. A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this. Researchers in the 1950s and '60s established that the octopus is quite intelligent and can learn different visual patterns. Octopi have very large brains with large areas reserved for storing information. New research has shown that they are even more intelligent than earlier studies revealed. These findings run counter to evolutionary theory, which says that intelligence evolves in social species to help them deal with social relationships. The octopus is not a social animal and operates alone.

Unlike other animals, octopi use a variety of strategies to solve the same problem. They can use their eight powerful arms to open clams or they can drill through the shell and inject a fast-acting poison. In the laboratory, octopi kept in isolation were given a floating plastic bottle. The bored octopi quickly devised a variety of games to play with the bottle, a sure sign of intelligence.

The Creator gave the octopus the ability to learn a lot so it could cope with its unusual way of life. Octopi begin life as tiny plankton that drift with the ocean currents. When they finally settle to the bottom, they may find themselves in any of the many habitats provided by the ocean and face any variety of predators and food sources. Thus, their Creator designed them with the ability learn how to adapt to a large variety of habitats and situations.

Prayer:
Lord, help me to faithfully use the intelligence You have given me. Amen. Notes:
The Cephalopod Page (on-line).

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[neomysterio]

Creation my ass.

[bostock1002]

this video misrepresents evolutionary theory

[anothergol]

even octopuses don't believe in creationism

[atiraj45]

why are these dim wits allowed to misrepresent the truth. I suggest that these 1/2 wits are reducing the magic and mystery of the world by such half arsed idea about a god. Only good news for them is they will never get to meet 'him' to be told 'You wasted your time on planet Miraculous'. So let me spell it out

YOU are stupid and if you really let this totally wonderful event of life unfold, as it does anyway, you might feel a little insecure but then again you might experience real AWE.

[Redeyeforadeadguy]

Beware sneaky christians pressing boring bible verses!

[generalludd]

Talks about a "creator" but it is assumed we know what or who this and what this "creator" intended. No evidence is given for this decidedly significant claim.

[TehSpaceSnake]

I do not believe intelligence can only be developed in social creatures and as an argument I don't think I have seen any scientist say that it only develops in social creatures, if so the information is outdated, or a very small percentage believes this to be true. Doesn't this counteract what religion tells of though? Isn't the properties of religion supposed to be somewhat based off of the fact that we are the only intelligence in the universe? So all in all the argument seems to be invalid.

[MrToiletface]

how could mary have given birth to jesus if her hymen wasnt broken? her vagina wouldve been way too small to give birth and therefore would have died giving birth to him.

[berscheida]

...do you know what you're talking about?

[theresaemcclain]

Seriously? I have never heard any scientist attempt to explain that intelligence only evolves in social animals.

[Quintopex]

The fish Candiru is also evidence of God's greatness. It is alleged to crawl into the human male urethra, thereby preventing the spilling of seed, a sin prohibited in Gen 38:8-10. And don't get me started on how butt fungus glorifies the name of God!