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The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a brain throughout its anatomy. (www.popularmechanics.com)
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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I tried. This isn't a very good video, but you can kinda see it's still trying to crawl away after it's been eaten at several points. I might have had 20 or so in a pile fresh out of the water and they were much more active. I hope this helps.

I like the fat ones. The long ones don't taste good.

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago

I am deeply, deeply disturbed by this. Thank you for sharing!

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