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I believe some of Bill Kier's students have found basic capability for abstract concepts in octopi. Specifically, the octopus was able to learn to select the different item out of a set of choices, which requires having some concept of "different".
Giant clams are able to learn in a very limited way. A shadow passing over will cause them to retract. However, a repeated pattern (e.g., a scientist trying in the lab to replicate the effect of a floating object moved by waves) will eventually be ignored.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
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