The Body That Thinks

On the third morning, Chiara put a small clear maze in the tank. There was crab meat at the centre. The way through had two right turns and a left turn.

Na tretie ráno vložila Chiara do nádrže malý priehľadný labyrint. V strede bola krabia mäso. Cesta mala dve pravé a jednu ľavú zákrutu.

Pasta watched from her corner.

Pasta sledovala z jej rohu.

Pasta sent two arms toward the maze. Her body did not move. The arms went different ways. One went on top. One went inside.

Pasta natiahla dve ramená smerom k labyrintu. Jej telo sa nepohlo. Ramená išli rôznymi smermi. Jedno išlo navrch. Druhé vošlo dovnútra.

An octopus has many neurons. Two thirds of them are in the arms, not in the head. Each arm has its own nervous system. Each arm can solve a problem.

Chobotnica má veľa neurónov. Dve tretiny z nich sú v ramenách, nie v hlave. Každé rameno má svoj vlastný nervový systém. Každé rameno dokáže vyriešiť problém.

The first arm went through the maze. It turned at the corners. The second arm found a small gate. The first arm pushed from inside. The second arm pushed from outside. The gate opened.

Prvé rameno prešlo labyrintom. Zatáčalo na rohoch. Druhé rameno našlo malú bránku. Prvé rameno tlačilo zvnútra. Druhé rameno tlačilo zvonku. Bránka sa otvorila.

The arm took the crab meat.

Rameno vzalo krabie mäso.

Pasta had not moved her body.

Pasta nepohla svojím telom.

Chiara watched her video. "The arms got the food," she said. "Did the octopus solve the maze, or did the arms solve it? We do not know."

Chiara sledovala svoje video. "Ramená získali jedlo," povedala. "Vyriešila chobotnica labyrint, alebo ho vyriešili ramená? Nevieme."

Polly looked at Pasta. The octopus pulled the crab meat to her beak.

Polly sa pozrela na Pastu. Chobotnica si pritiahol krabie mäso k zobáku.