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New Zealand Officially Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, Crabs as Sentient Beings (bnnbreaking.com)

submitted 10 months ago by haxor@derp.foo to c/hackernews@derp.foo

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Excuse me, but it recognizes all of us cephalopods as sentient beings, thank you very much.

Too bad this 'bnnbreaking.com' is literally the only source for this story.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Ok I had to Google this because I've never seen anything on squid intelligence. Octopus and cuttlefish, yes. Looks like squid got more going on than I'd previously thought.

I still need some convincing on decapods though.

Also, do you like own Lemmy or something? You're EVERYWHERE.

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, it's not surprising he gets around. He can fly after all.

[–] RIPandTERROR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

I loved him in Baldur's Gate 3

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

lemmy is free software running on federated servers. no one owns lemmy.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

I own Lemmy all the time

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Yeah, HN flagged and removed the link.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is there a legal definition of sentience?

[–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Dunno about legal, but I'm pretty sure the scientific bar for sentience is pretty low. You basically just have to have senses (e g. hearing, sight, etc) and react to stimuli to be sentient.