cephalopodweek: “ Have you ever seen an octopus run before? From @sciencefriday: “Crawling, swimming, squeezing, jetting—the range of movement available to an octopus is impressive. Yet some species occasionally choose to stand up on two arms and...
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cephalopodweek: “ Have you ever seen an octopus run before? From @sciencefriday: “Crawling, swimming, squeezing, jetting—the range of movement available to an octopus is impressive. Yet some species occasionally choose to stand up on two arms and...
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cephalopodweek:

Have you ever seen an octopus run before?

From @sciencefriday:

Crawling, swimming, squeezing, jetting—the range of movement available to an octopus is impressive. Yet some species occasionally choose to stand up on two arms and “run” backwards. Chrissy Huffard, a Senior Researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, explains the pros and cons of this seemingly silly behavior and why an octopus might find looking foolish useful.

Learn why here:

[Some footage courtesy of The Shape of Life]

(via cephalopodweek)

Source: sciencefriday.com

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