Larger Pacific Striped Octopus will share dens and meals, whereas most octopuses are loners (if not cannibals).
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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]
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Brest - Mai 2016
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#DidYouKnow - The narrower the pupil in relation to the horizon, the greater accuracy of depth perception in peripheral vision? Pair that with the fact that the octopuses optical nerve fibers are behind retina and you get absolutely no blind spot which means an octopus can see everything that is going on in their environment. Pretty cool huh nation?! 📸: Gustavo Maqueda
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An octopus hanging out in a bottle.
