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New Zealand Officially Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, Crabs as Sentient Beings (bnnbreaking.com)
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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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

I loved him in Baldur's Gate 3

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

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

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I own Lemmy all the time

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, HN flagged and removed the link.

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

Is there a legal definition of sentience?

[–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year 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.