Octopuses (Enteroctopus dofleini) recognize individual humans

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-272

  Anderson, Roland C ^a   Mather, Jennifer A ^b   Monette, Mathieu Q ^c   Zimsen, Stephanie R M ^a  

^a Seattle Aquarium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARM; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCTOPUS DOFLEINI; EYE COLOR; FEEDING; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; ENTEROCTOPUS DOFLEINI; OCTOPUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; OCTOPODIFORMES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RESPIRATORY RATE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77953937393     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2010.483892     Document Type: Article

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