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OftenBen  ·  2788 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Octopuses Do Something Really Strange to Their Genes

I doubt that squid live long enough to develop brain cancer or Alzheimers.

Are there methods of measuring what I might loosely call 'mental degradation' or 'mental illness' in animals?





mk  ·  2788 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Mice and rats develop cancers; I don't think they get Alzheimer's unless we make them.

Definitely lots of cognitive tests for rodents. The Morris Water Maze is a standby for testing memory.