Today's interesting fact for the day has to do with the Octopus.
The octopus along with squid are considered to have the most complex brains in the mollusc phyla.
The octopus's brain seems to co-operate with neural ganglia in it's legs, the brain giving the leg ganglia general instructions and the leg ganglia determining how to do what the brain has asked, working more or less independently.
The alimentary canal (digestive tract) passes through the octopus's brain.
Challenged in September 2010 to come up with interesting facts every day by one of my work colleagues, I've since entertained him and those near his desk with bits of information dredged from my brain. Some of my audience went on holiday and still wanted the facts so I started posting here, every day I do one of them, usually Monday through Friday, and the occasional post on the weekend. I post these facts here almost every day and you will find two posts on some days to make any missing days.
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