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Most of an octopus's neurons are in its arms, which can move with surprising independence.
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Sumbre and colleagues triggered normal-looking reaching movements in octopus arms cut off from the brain, suggesting the motor program lives in the arm itself.
As reported in: Sumbre, Gutfreund, Fiorito et al. (2001). Control of Octopus Arm Extension by a Peripheral Motor Program. Science. doi:10.1126/science.1060976
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