Scientists have discovered what happens when you give the party drug MDMA to an octopus, and say the animals surprising reaction has “amazing” implications. A team of researchers in the US decided to give a group of octopuses MDMA, often referred to as ecstasy or Molly to see how it would alter their behavior. The purpose of the study was for scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts to work out if octopuses and humans shared any genetic links. When high off that Molly, as the kids says, the octopuses displayed an unusual desire to touch their peers. The study suggests research on octopuses could also help scientists develop drugs in the future as they could be used for drug-testing purposes.

Source: Fox News September 21, 2018 15:45 UTC