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NEWSLINE PAPER,- With the help of electrode devices, scientists succeeded in uncovering how the brain of the curita works.
This is the first study a group of researchers have done, recording the brain wave activity of living molluscs that just move freely.
Researchers implanted an electrode into the brain of a whistle and a data recorder placed under the skin that would record animal brain activity for 12 hours.
Although the brain recordings are still untranslatable, this study shows an early step in understanding the intricate minds of these illuminated marine creatures.
"If you want to understand how the brain works, then the shrimp is the perfect animal to be studied as a mammalian comparator," says the scientist Tamar Gutnick of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan and the University of Naples Federico II in Italy.
According to Gutnick, guritas have a large brain and a unique body. Besides, these marine animals also have cognitive abilities that evolve far above other vertebrates.
Various studies have explained how intelligent and curious they are. In fact, these multi-armed animals are very agile, and their manipulative abilities are unparalleled in the animal world.
Various studies have explained how intelligent and curious they are. In fact, these multi-armed animals are very agile, and their manipulative abilities are unparalleled in the animal world.
It's not easy to observe the brain activity of the turtle, because the instruments attached to these animals will always succeed in releasing them.
Therefore, it's not easy for researchers to figure out how the scorpion's brain works in normal conditions, because these animals have to use their bodies to the full.
Meanwhile, this observational study, was conducted when the gurita was only in normal activity. The electrodes and other devices were specially designed, which were previously frequently used in bird brain observations.
To observe turtles, the devices are developed differently, that is, protected by a thin plastic hose cover so that they can be planted into the body of the turtle.
Source : Science Alert