1.0RENATUREDhttps://o-matic.com/blogMarinahttps://o-matic.com/blog/blog/author/admin/<a href="http://io9.com/5937356/prominent-scientists-sign-declaration-that-animals-have-conscious-awareness-just-like-us" target="_blank"><strong>Prominent Scientists Sign Declaration that Animals have Conscious Awareness, Just Like Us</strong></a> <a id="c52150051_author" title="See George Dvorsky's profile" href="http://io9.com/people/georgedvorsky" rel="nofollow">George Dvorsky</a>, IO9<span style="font-size: xx-small;">, Aug 25, 2012</span> <blockquote>An international group of prominent scientists has signed <a href="http://fcmconference.org/img/CambridgeDeclarationOnConsciousness.pdf">The Cambridge Declaration of Consciousness</a> in which they are proclaiming their support for the idea that animals are conscious and aware to the degree that humans are — a list of animals that includes all mammals, birds, and even the octopus. <a href="http://io9.com/5937356/prominent-scientists-sign-declaration-that-animals-have-conscious-awareness-just-like-us" target="_blank">Read More</a></blockquote> Add'l essay: <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/octopus-chronicles/2012/08/21/octopuses-gain-consciousness-according-to-scientists-declaration/" target="_blank">Octopuses Gain Consciousness According to Scientists Declaration</a>, <a id="author71">Katherine Harmon</a>, <a id="author71">Scientific American,</a> August 21, 2012 <blockquote>“The weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness,” the scientists wrote. “Non-human animals, including all mammals and birds, and many other creatures, including octopuses, also possess these neurological substrates.” The octopus is the only invertebrate to get a shout-out at all. And plenty of research has been accumulated to back up this assertion. <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2009/12/14/a-tool-wielding-octopus-this-invertebrate-builds-armor-from-coconut-halves/">A 2009 study</a> showed that some octopuses collect coconut shells to use as portable shelters—an example of tool use, according to the researchers. Other research has documented <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2010/04/28/who_moved_my_garden_spatia/">sophisticated spatial navigation and memory</a>. Anecdotal reports from researchers, such as Jennifer Mather, describe watching octopuses in the wild make errands to collect just the right number of rocks to narrow the opening to a desired den. And laboratory experiments show a distinct change in behavior when octopuses are kept in tanks that do not have enough enrichment objects to keep them stimulated.</blockquote> What about Humboldt squid? What about Deleuzian pack-conciousness?rich