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Science of Play w/Gordon Burghardt

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Playful behavior in octopuses and other animals - a foundational aspect found in both invertebrates and vertebrates

Playful behavior has been documented in octopuses, other invertebrates and fish, lizards, crocodilians, and possibly snakes/nThis broadens our interest in play beyond a few isolated endothermic vertebrates/nPlay is not a homologous activity but rather has evolved separately in different species

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