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Can cuttlefish dream?

  • Writer: Marie Lightman
    Marie Lightman
  • Jul 5, 2017
  • 1 min read

"Can cephalopods—a group that includes squid, octopuses, and cuttlefish—dream?

“It’s possible, it all depends on your definition of 'dreaming,'” Spiers says. (Read about the mysteries of why we sleep in National Geographicmagazine.)

For instance, cuttlefish exhibit a sleep-like state accompanied by color changes, twitching, and rapid eye movements similar to REM sleep, according to a 2012 study in the journal PLoS ONE.

Who knows, maybe that giant squid is out there in the ocean dreaming about me. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150905-animals-sleep-science-dreaming-cats-brains/


 
 
 

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