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![A close-up shows the juvenile California two-spot octopus (left). An adult Hawaiian bobtail squid is seen on the right.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/horizontaldip-39472e91980a4149a35656c03c28620754d97cd1-e1559592310138-900x422.jpg)
Why Octopuses Might Be The Next Lab Rats
By: Nell Greenfieldboyce | NPR
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Move over, fruit flies, rats and zebrafish. Squid and octopuses have elaborate brains and behaviors, and scientists say studying them in the laboratory could yield important biological insights.