Walking, thinking crawdad
Researchers have identified a “get ready to walk” signal that lights up in a crayfish’s brain cells as the animal decides to start moving. Katsushi Kagaya and Masakazu Takahata of Hokkaido University in Japan tethered crayfish to the tops of balls.
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