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Sea creatures like dolphins have a high level of intelligence.
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Scientists have discovered that octopuses also have remarkable intelligence.
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Octopi have a gene that also determines the intelligence of humans.
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These same genes make up 45 per cent of the human genome.
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DNA may give octopuses cognitive abilities similar to those humans have.
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An insight into how octopuses amend their behaviour.
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Scientists describe this process as behavioural plasticity.
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The research could help us understand more about intelligence in humans.
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The brain of the octopus is functionally analogous in many of its characteristics.
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The creatures are more similar to mammals than invertebrates.
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