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    NPR‏Verified account @NPR Sep 20

    Octopuses are antisocial — sometimes even cannibalistic. But give them MDMA? They'll even hug each other, a new study says.https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/20/648788149/octopuses-get-strangely-cuddly-on-the-mood-drug-ecstasy?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180920 …

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      1. Johnny Worlds‏ @JohnnySports2 Sep 20
        Replying to @NPR

        Also, who’s giving octopuses molly?

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      2. Lian Thomas‏ @kycumberland Sep 20
        Replying to @NPR

        Octopi

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      3. Patricia Hernandez‏ @Rayvann19 Sep 20
        Replying to @kycumberland @NPR

        Thank you. Octopuses was annoying the life out that of me.

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      4. Dr. Natalie Nevárez‏ @nnevarezt Sep 21
        Replying to @Rayvann19 @kycumberland @NPR

        You are incorrect. Plural of octopus is octopuses or octopodes. Octopi is incorrect as it is applying Latin plural rules to a word of non-Latin origin (Greek)

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      5. Patricia Hernandez‏ @Rayvann19 Sep 21
        Replying to @nnevarezt @kycumberland @NPR

        Wow. Years of ingrained teaching is going to be hard to overcome. All that because of a mistake made long ago. Ugh. But thanks for the correction.

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      6. Dr. Natalie Nevárez‏ @nnevarezt Sep 21
        Replying to @Rayvann19 @kycumberland @NPR

        I made the same mistake for years but recently learned this from the book “The soul of an octopus” which I highly recommend!

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      1. The Acedian‏ @Acedian Sep 20
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      1. The Pepsi Curse‏ @the_pepsi_curse Sep 20
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        You gotta be real high to come up with this idea.

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      1. ruby owns morph’s drums‏ @staylowbandito Sep 20
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        Me too octobuddy

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      2. CodeMonkeyB‏ @CodeMonkeyB Sep 20
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        It seems crude, but to imagine that with their completely different array of neural structures, the organism still responds to serotonin-impacting chemicals similarly to us is astonishing. 500M years apart and we’re not that different. Awww. I want a drug-addled octopus now.

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      3. Hutch‏ @ChadHutch09 Sep 20
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        Just imagine getting to be one of those scientists. Friend - "What did you do at work today, Gary?" Gary - "Gave ecstasy to a pair of octopuses and watched them hug it out." Friend - "My college guidance counselor sucked." Gary - "Pretty much..."

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      4. CodeMonkeyB‏ @CodeMonkeyB Sep 20
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        Wahaha. “Dude we get paid to do this” “Yeah. Science, bro!” *High-five*

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      5. Hutch‏ @ChadHutch09 Sep 20
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        pic.twitter.com/7chtZelhtQ

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      2. Johnny Worlds‏ @JohnnySports2 Sep 20
        Replying to @NPR

        Not sure what’s strange about a drug having its exact know effect on an animal

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      3. PapiAl‏ @BrowniePride Sep 20
        Replying to @JohnnySports2 @NPR

        Bc its effect on a human is different than an octopus.

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      4. Johnny Worlds‏ @JohnnySports2 Sep 20
        Replying to @BrowniePride @NPR

        Doesn’t really sound like it based on this study

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      5. Metal Phantom 私己メタル‏ @Metal_Terium Sep 25
        Replying to @JohnnySports2 @BrowniePride @NPR

        Err, Al, Papi... have you even researched the side effects in humans? The typical behavioural changes are pretty much exactly the same. "Higher pleasure from and desire for physical touch." https://drugabuse.com/library/the-effects-of-ecstasy-use/ …pic.twitter.com/Vy2djajQNX

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      6. PapiAl‏ @BrowniePride Sep 25
        Replying to @Metal_Terium @JohnnySports2 @NPR

        I haven’t researched it no, but I meant that the results are surprising bc of such a different species than ourselves having similar results.

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      7. Metal Phantom 私己メタル‏ @Metal_Terium Sep 25
        Replying to @BrowniePride @JohnnySports2 @NPR

        I haven't read the full study, but I didn't found anything regarding increased concentration/focus. That would've been interesting, tho I can't even imagine a liable way to test that. I guess they can try with Sharks next and check whether they'll get a similar response? :P

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      8. PapiAl‏ @BrowniePride Sep 25
        Replying to @Metal_Terium @JohnnySports2 @NPR

        I think experiments on cetaceans would be more interesting to me, ie blue nosed dolphins.

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      9. Metal Phantom 私己メタル‏ @Metal_Terium Sep 25
        Replying to @BrowniePride @JohnnySports2 @NPR

        In general, them being mammal related - yes. But if this or other other psychoactive drugs has similar or the exact same effects on different species, that would be quite significant. Of course, the adverse effects and reactions vary quite a bit, so "same/similar" would be

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