Quiz · How the Octopus Redefines Intelligence

Question 1What is the main idea of this passage?

The octopus challenges our assumptions about the nature of intelligence Octopuses should replace monkeys in all laboratory experiments Warm-blooded animals are less intelligent than scientists once believed The octopus evolved from slugs that lost their shells long ago

Question 2Where are two thirds of an octopus's neurons located?

In a large folded brain inside its head In its arms rather than in its brain In the skin that changes its colour In the tips of its sensitive tentacles

Question 3Why do several countries now give octopuses the same legal protection as laboratory monkeys?

Because octopuses are an endangered species in the wild Because octopuses can feel pain in exactly the same way Because their problem-solving abilities are so impressive Because laboratories refused to stop testing on monkeys