octopuses

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Do octopuses dream? Neural activity resembles human sleep stages

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Hear the latest from the world of science, with Benjamin Thompson and Shamini Bundell. Your browser does not support the...

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How octopuses taste with their arms

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A California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) catches a fiddler crab (Leptuca pugilator), one of its favourite foods.Credit: Peter Kilian Octopuses...

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Octopuses hunt by ‘tasting’ with their suckers

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New study finds octopuses are capable of surprisingly human-like behavior | CNN

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New study finds octopuses are capable of surprisingly human-like behavior A team of researchers in Australia observed octopuses deliberately throwing...

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Duck! Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other

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After eating, a female gloomy octopus (left) tosses away empty shells. This requires an unusual position of the tube-shaped structure...

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These tiny healthcare robots move like worms and octopuses – CNN Video

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In the world of biomedical mechanics, earthworms are a source of great excitement. Stanford professor Renee Zhao has developed a...

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Do octopuses, squid and crabs have emotions?

2 years ago

Octopuses can solve complex puzzles and show a preference for different individuals, but whether they, and other animals and invertebrates,...