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Most Octopuses Are Known To Be Asocial. But A Recent Study Has Indicated That Ecstacy (MMDA) Seem To Have The Same Effect In Octopuses And Human, Making Them Act Socially. Scientists Hope That A Study Of MMDA On Octopus Would Help In The Treatment Of PTSD And How The Brain Conjures Social Behaviour In Humans.

On Ecstasy, Octopuses Reached Out for a Hug – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/20/science/octopus-ecstasy-mdma.html

By dosing the tentacled creatures with MDMA, researchers found they share parts of an ancient messaging system involved in social behaviors with humans.