Telo, ktoré premýšľa

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

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.

Pasta sledovala z jej rohu.

Pasta watched from her corner.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Rameno vzalo krabie mäso.

The arm took the crab meat.

Pasta nepohla svojím telom.

Pasta had not moved her body.

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

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."

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

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