Text 1: Marine biologist Kim argues that octopuses are highly intelligent. They solve mazes, open jars, and recognize individual humans. Their problem-solving abilities, Kim contends, rival those of birds and small mammals despite a vastly different evolutionary path.
Text 2: Marine biologist Park accepts octopus problem-solving but cautions against equating it with vertebrate intelligence. Octopus cognition, she argues, is distributed: most neurons lie in the arms, which act semi-autonomously. The category "intelligence," developed for centralized vertebrate brains, may not transfer cleanly to such different architectures.
Both authors would most likely agree that
- Acheck_circle
octopuses display sophisticated cognitive abilities.
- B
octopuses are not interesting subjects of study.
- C
octopus behavior is identical to mammal behavior.
- D
octopuses have no neurons.
Explanation
Both accept octopus problem-solving and cognitive sophistication; they differ on classification. A is shared. B, C, and D contradict at least one author.