Tentacle Love
2018-09-20 22:14:54.346274+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
The undersea and the ecstasy: MDMA leaves octopuses loved up
Normally antisocial sea creature becomes friendly and tactile after being given the drug, scientists say
Scientists Gave MDMA to Octopuses—and What Happened Was Profound
“This was such an incredible paper, with a completely unexpected and almost unbelievable outcome,” Judit Pungor, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oregon not involved in the study, told Gizmodo. “To think that an animal whose brain evolved completely independently from our own reacts behaviorally in the same way that we do to a drug is absolutely amazing.”