Essay On Octopus Vulgaris

Octopus Vulgaris and Memory Octopus Vulgaris are invertebrates who are a species of cephalopods that are among the smartest and most functionally diverse animals not only in the ocean, but of the planet. Octopus Vulgaris have been tested for their knowledge with memory and survival through experiments. Memory is an important part of O. Vulgaris life because they need to have a mental map of where they went so they can remember where their home base is. They also need good memory to remember how there pray behave when they approach them, that way they can get their food without resulting in injury. Memory is related to cognition because it helps with remembering skills that we have learned, events that has happened, and stores information so that we can use that information later. Memory makes everyone unique because everyone …show more content…
Vulgaris memory, let’s get into the anatomy to see what we’re looking at. The nervous system is highly decentralized, meaning Octopus have more neurons in their arms (350 million) than in their central brain (42 million) [Young, 2013]. The suckers on their arms acts as local reflexes; while the central brain interprets, the information gathered from the suckers and stores this information as memory. Memory and learning systems and sophisticated behaviors are stored in the vertical lobe (Hochner and Somrat, 2013). Previous research was done on the vertical lobe and Octopus memory. Octopus were split into two groups, 12 were a part of a group that was tetanized with long-term potentiation (LTP) in their vertical lobes and 9 were in group where their vertical lobes (VL) were transected. Long-term potentiation is a release of high-frequency stimulation of a chemical synapse that are important for learning and memory. The Octopus were presented with a red and white ball. The red ball was a “bad ball”, so if the animal picked the red ball they would get a light shock. The results are shown below (Shomrat,