Redwood Community Action Agency
Eureka, CA:
What Ecstasy Does to Octopuses
Despite their wacky brains, these intelligent animals seem to respond to the drug in a very similar way to humans.
Eight reasons why octopuses are the geniuses of the ocean
Escaping from an aquarium is child's play when you are as smart as an octopus
Is This Picture-Taking Octopus as Smart as She Seems?
Octopuses can be trained to do many things, but this one may be getting too much credit.
Octopuses Change Color In Order To Start Fights, Study Suggests
It has long been assumed that octopuses’ ability to change color had developed as an evolutionary trait to help them avoid detection by predators, a
11 Awesome Octopus Gifs Because Why The Heck Not
The humble octopus is the king of the ocean. The veracity of this statement should be obvious, but in case there's any doubt, it's incredibly easy to prove.
10 Curious Facts About Octopuses
The octopus is much more than eight legs and tiny suction cups.
Octopuses become friendly on Ecstasy
Octopuses are usually so antisocial researchers have to keep them in separate tanks to prevent them from killing or even eating each other, the study said. Once given the "love drug" though, they could hardly keep from hugging each other.
What the octopus can teach us about the world
The octopus is known as one of the smartest animals in the sea. News 8 looks into what they can teach us about our own world
Octopuses Are Colorblind — So How Do They Camouflage?
Scientists have always wondered how cephalopods, which perceive the world in black and white, could be such masters of color.
Why we should never underestimate the intelligence of an octopus
‘They truly are the closest things we have to aliens on this planet in terms of the way their brains are organized and work.’
How Octopuses Use Their Suction Cups to Taste Through Touch
A new study reveals that the invertebrates use a novel kind of receptor embedded in their suckers to explore their ocean habitats.
High On Ecstasy, Octopuses Become More Cuddly
When octopuses absorb ecstasy, they behave similarly to humans and become more social.
Ecstasy makes octopuses happy too, study finds
According to a summary of the study, it found ecstasy “enhances acute prosocial behaviors” in octopuses, just as it does in humans.
Octopuses get cuddly when given ecstasy, study finds
Scientists placed two octopuses and two "Star Wars" action figures into a tank, comparing notes about how they would react when sober and when given the psychoactive drug.
MDMA for PTSD: How Ecstasy Is Helping People with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
"If this is in fact something that can help a lot of people and we're at this stage of the research, which is at least 20 years behind where it would be if i...
How to reduce your risk of harm when taking MDMA
Taking ecstasy this summer? Be aware of the risks.
Is the octopus an alien?
The octopus certainly does look strange, with bugged-out eyes, suction-cup tentacles, and the ability to change color for camouflage. But a new paper in a peer-reviewed scientific journal posits that octopuses aren’t just strange: They are ALIENS. Literally.
Octopus doesn't want shrimp. Octopus wants tweezers.
We tried to feed our common octopus some krill, but it tried to steal our tweezers instead. Maybe it needed them for its escape plan.
Time to Start Using Ecstasy?
I am a drug user, and I’m not afraid to admit it. In fact, I think if more people could get more comfortable with drug use, a great deal of needless pain and suffering could be avoided. Okay, I’m referring to my occasional use of prescription-strength naproxen for headaches and a statin to lower cholesterol – not marijuana (legal or otherwise), or whatever else you may have thought I meant. To be clear, though, I’ve used opioids, the same stuff that makes heroin…
MDMA for PTSD? How Ecstasy Ingredient Works in the Brain
MDMA, the active ingredient in the drug ecstasy, was approved for study by the FDA in clinical trials for the treatment of PTSD.
Watch: Octopus Filmed Dreaming?
A mesmerizing video of a sleeping octopus shows the creature changing colors in a manner which suggests that it may be dreaming.
