1.

Hydra:
Hydra has one of the simplest if not the simplest nervous systems. Their nervous system is an
interconnected web or nerve net (a collection of separate, but connected neurons, connected
by a synapse). Unlike other animals' hydra does not have a brain and does not have any
grouping of cell bodies. Hydra does not form axons and dendrites. It is made up of about 6.000
nerve cells. They do not have a ganglion.

2. Star fish:

It is an echinoderm. Echinoderms have nerve cells which are bundled up into neurons. It does
not have a brain or even a ganglion to control movement. It is characterized by a nerve ring
surrounding its mouth. A radial nerve branches off the nerve ring and reaches into each arm.

3. Bee:

It has a brain and 7 ganglia. Most of its locomotion is controlled by the ganglia and not the brain.
Sensory information is received and processed by the brain and ganglia of the bee. This in turn
stimulates a response in the form of a physiological action or behavioral activity.
 4. Octopus:

Its nervous system has 500,000,000 neurons, two thirds of which are found in its tentacles. All these
neurons are spread out in a network of interconnected ganglia, organized into 3 basic structures. 10 %
of neurons are found in the brain, 30 % in the lobes next to it and as previously mentioned 60 %are
found in the tentacles. In addition to that octopus's act on behavioural responses

5. Human:

We have 100 billion neurons in our brain and 13.5 million in the spinal cord. Each neuron has three parts
to it: dendrites, cell body and axon. The neurons vary in shape and size, depending on location and their
job. We have 2 nervous systems. Your nervous system can now be hacked by scientists to generate
some reactions from neurons.
Differences and similarities:

All small animals (bees, hydra, and starfish) have very simple nervous systems, whilst the octopus and
humans have much more complex systems. Starfish and hydra also do not have a brain meaning their
neurons are connected either with a nerve net (hydra) or nerve ring (starfish). For the animals that do
have a brain except for the human, most of their neurons are found in either their tentacles (octopus) or
ganglia (bee). A human for example has as previously mentioned 100 billion neurons in its brain. All
animals apart from humans have very simple neurons, the neurons of a human are made up of three
distinct parts. And the types of neurons vary greatly in a human unlike most animals, we have motor,
interneuron sensory neurons.

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Why the octopus brain is so extraordinary - Cláudio L. Guerra

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