Scientists Put an Octopus in Front of a Mirror and Give No Credence to What They Have Discovered: It Has a Capacity that Was Thought to Be Unique to Vertebrates

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An octopus in front of a mirror may seem like a curious aquarium scene. But what a Dartmouth College team has observed goes well beyond the simple reaction to a reflection. Three two-spot California octopus learned to use a mirror to find a prey that they could not see directly, something that had so far only been documented in some vertebrates. The key is not that the animal "acknowledged" itself, because the study does not show that. The impor…