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7 Reddit threads by 7 users.
TIL they gave octopuses MDMA to study their social behavior
User KapiteinSchaambaard, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit,
8 arm rave
User PSYCHIC_GIBB0N, in the Home of the Ents of India subreddit,
TIL That octopuses, when given the drug Ecstacy, were affected in very similar ways to humans, such as showing an increase in social behavior and more exploratory touching with their peers.
User bhaggith, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit,
A Conserved Role for Serotonergic Neurotransmission in Mediating Social Behavior in Octopus: Current Biology
User emilylikesjuice, in the octopus subreddit,
Octopuses
User Ledzee, in the Exploration of the Brain from the inside out. subreddit,
The normally shy California two-spot octopus becomes more social after being given methylendioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), mirroring the drug's effects on humans, despite human and octopus lineages being separated by over 500 million years of evolution.
User rjmsci, in the Reddit Science subreddit,
The octopus is the new lobster
User Here_Comes_The_Beer, in the Jordan Peterson subreddit,