New research shows octopuses have horrifying nightmares

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New research shows octopuses have horrifying nightmares
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Think about that moment where you wake up in a sweat, crippled with fear about the terrifying nightmare you just had.Scientists have captured an octopus exhibiting strange behaviours in a laboratory in New York that can only be explained as it having nightmares.

This octopus, called Costello, was filmed 24 hours a day in a laboratory atOn four occasions, the animal awoke"abruptly" before engaging"in antipredator and predatory behaviours", changing colour, and flailing his arms around erratically, researchers said in a paper published on the website

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