Octopus intelligence and ape rights

http://www.slate.com/id/2192211

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080625/sc_nm/spain_apes_dc;_ylt=AsvXQQrD3mpxjp7tuxzmrcgPLBIF

I keep thinking that we're on the verge of a much more subtle, nuanced and sophisticated defintion of intelligence and consciousness than we've had in the past.