Cephalopods deserve higher welfare standards in research

You have full access to this article via your institution. Cephalopods such as octopuses are known to feel pain, but there is a lack of suitable analgesics for use in these animals. Credit: Mark Edward Eite/Alamy Cephalopod neuroscience is booming. Octopuses, cuttlefish and squid have uniquely large, complex brains among invertebrates. …