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D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane NEW SCIENCE: EVEN BEES LIKE TO HAVE FUN                                                                                                        Source:  Queen Mary University of London & Stock Many global scientists argue there is widespread consciousness across the animal and insect world.  Here's what we know: At New York University this weekend, 40 scientists signed the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness which argues that scientific research indicates a widespread possibility of animal consciousness - awareness of their experiences, joy, pain and more Some animal consciousness experts think we are blinded as a whole on how our sentience might work in other species Recent experiments showed that bees played with wooden balls just for fun; fish recognized their image in an underwater mirror; and octopus avoid things that caused previous pain Bottomline:  they are a lot smarter than we think &a