Melissa DiSpaltro wrote:

> "Alexi (Neal Bouffard)" wrote:
> 
> 
>>Fortunately, the chompers that do that to me are smaller.  Though
>>the claws can be fun, too. :)  So apparently the great sockplay is a
>>wonderful interspecies game.  Wonder if people with other types of
>>animals play too?  Ferrets?  Goldfish? :)
>>
> 
> A friend of mine from college is now at Scripps doing her grad
> work in marine biology. She said that in the lab where she works
> part-time on work-study, they have a tank with three cuttlefish.
> And apparently, the cuttlefish *love* to play with humans. She
> said there's even one that will play fetch with her--and more
> than once, they've played hide-and-seek by changing color to
> blend with something in the tank. They can be unbelievably tricky
> with the chameleon bit.


That's just.... cute.  The hide and seek thing especially.  And amazing, 
really, to see such a level of social intelligence in something so small and 
considered primitive.  Then again, I suppose I shouldn't be when I know about 
Alex (an African Grey Parrot) who can count and understand things and respond 
verbally to questions about them. [All with a brain the size of a walnut!]

-N

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