{"id":1189900,"date":"2023-10-07T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1189900"},"modified":"2023-10-07T06:00:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T10:00:38","slug":"us-government-considers-protecting-octopuses-used-in-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1189900","title":{"rendered":"US government considers protecting octopuses used in research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-1.jpe\" alt=\"Image of an octopus against a blue backdrop\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-1.jpeg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"500\" data-width=\"750\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/alaska\/science-data\/octopus-research-alaska\">NOAA<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>While cephalopods have captured the imagination of marine biologists, science fiction writers, and curious individuals, it\u2019s only recently that the public has become significantly interested in learning more about these animals. Part of their appeal has come from recent studies revealing the intelligence behind some of their sophisticated behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>Now, feeding into this growing recognition, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) <a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/notice-files\/NOT-OD-23-176.html\">announced<\/a> feedback for proposed guidelines that would, if passed, give various protections to cephalopods studied within a laboratory setting.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement results from years of studies on cephalopod pain sensation, intelligence, and adaptation, combined with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcrm.org\/news\/news-releases\/nineteen-lawmakers-request-protections-cephalopods-used-research\">letters<\/a> to US Congress members about the humane treatment of cephalopods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973497#p3\">Read 21 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973497&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US government considers protecting octopuses used in research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: NOAA) While cephalopods have captured the imagination of marine biologists, science fiction writers, and curious individuals, it\u2019s only recently that the public has become significantly interested in learning more about these animals. Part of their appeal has come &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1189900\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1189901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1189900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1189900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1189901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1189900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1189900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1189900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}