When octopuses sleep, strange patterns sometimes flicker across their skin.
Now, neuroscientists have been able to peer into the brain of a sleeping octopus for the first time — and explore this strange sleep state. They find remarkable similarities to the way that humans and other vertebrates sleep, despite the millions of years of evolution separating the two groups.
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