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    Why Are Squids So Smart? We Ask A 'Squid Nerd'

    The soft-bodied, ink-squirting cephalopods are incredibly smart in more ways than you might think.
    May 13, 2019 2 minutes
    Scientists continue to be fascinated by squids. Pictured: Small squid in a tank at the Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images)

    Scientists continue to be fascinated by squids. The soft-bodied, ink-squirting cephalopods are incredibly smart — and in more ways than you might think.

    “I think I’m probably the biggest cheerleader for squid,” Sarah McAnulty, a squid biologist at the University of Connecticut and founder of the nonprofit‘s Jeremy Hobson.

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