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ID
5082319
Banca
AMEOSC
Órgão
Prefeitura de Iporã do Oeste - SC
Ano
2020
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
Assuntos

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How octopuses ‘taste’ things by touching


   Octopus arms have minds of their own. Each of these eight supple yet powerful limbs can explore the seafloor in search of prey, snatching crabs from hiding spots without direction from the octopus’ brain. But how each arm can tell what it’s grasping has remained a mystery.

   Now, researchers have identified specialized cells not seen in other animals that allow octopuses to “taste” with their arms. Embedded in the suckers, these cells enable the arms to do double duty of touch and taste by detecting chemicals produced by many aquatic creatures. This may help an arm quickly distinguish food from rocks or poisonous prey, Harvard University molecular biologist Nicholas Bellono and his colleagues report online October 29 in Cell.

   The findings provide another clue about the unique evolutionary path octopuses have taken toward intelligence. Instead of being concentrated in the brain, two-thirds of the nerve cells in an octopus are distributed among the arms, allowing the flexible appendages to operate semiindependently.


(Adapted from: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/octopus-taste-touch-arm-suckers). 

The text states the cells embedded in the suckers enable the arms to do double duty of touch and taste, which means, in Portuguese, the animal have sensory skills like:

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  • Questão básica de interpretação, conforme enunciado traduzido a seguir:

    O texto afirma que as células embutidas nas ventosas permitem que os braços façam dupla função de tato e paladar, o que significa que, em português, o animal possui habilidades sensoriais como:

    Alternativa C: tato e paladar.

    Gabarito: C