Alien-like creatures (IMAGE)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

Alien-like creatures

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Octopuses have both a central brain and a peripheral nervous system – one that is capable of acting independently.

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Nir Friedman

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