And just like that DOWN UNDA (the sea) is here! Welcome back to Episode 2.1.

On today’s ep:

- Averill’s a big girl now 

- Living tiny in a big house 

- The many reasons octopuses are everything and we are nothing 

Today we get into several papers that demonstrate a strong correlation between epicness and octopuses 

Many accounts of their intelligence, how do they do that with their skin? And can they get high when they take MDMA? 

Papers:

Skin stuff
https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/cephalopod-camouflage-cells-and-organs-of-the-144048968/
Authors: Ryan Gilmore and Jacob L Krans 

MDMA:
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)30991-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982218309916%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
Authors: Eric Edsinger and Gül Dölen 

Harvard news article on tentacle suction sensors https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/10/octopus-suction-cups-hold-its-taste-and-touch-sensors/
Author: Juan Siliezar

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