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“Prof David Nutt, a neuropsychopharmacologist at Imperial College London, said the findings added to evidence for emotion and empathy existing in a broad range of species. ‘This just proves that this is not some peculiar human characteristic, it’s not even a mammalian characteristic, it’s a characteristic of brains,’ he said.”
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/sep/20/mdma-makes-octopuses-more-sociableThe undersea and the ecstasy: MDMA leaves octopuses loved upNormally antisocial sea creature becomes friendly and tactile after being given the drug, scientists say