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There's a certain look in their eyes and a sense that they're curious animals leading complex lives.
Since 2022, it's been enshrined in UK law that octopuses - along with all vertebrates and a few other invertebrates - are sentient beings. They're now legally recognised as having the capacity to feel things such as pleasure, comfort, pain and fear.
This story is from the September 2024 edition of BBC Science Focus.
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