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The post Octopuses Use Mirrors to Map Space Like Primates and Dolphins appeared first on A-Z Animals. If you were to make a case for evidence of extraterrestrial life on Earth, you would probably use ...

If you were to make a case for evidence of extraterrestrial life on Earth, you would probably use octopuses as an example. Whereas humans have about 20,000 genes, octopuses have 33,000, making them ...