If your hands could smell, you’d be an octopus
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Exactly how does those octopi suckers work and how useful are they? Take a look and learn more!
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Find octopi fascinating? Visit this link: 6 Amazing Cephalopod Species You Didn't Know Existed! This TED Ed lesson is full of information about cephalopods: Why the octopus brain is so extraordinary by Cláudio L. Guerra.
Check out some of the more unique octopi in this TED Ed lesson: Underwater astonishments featuring David Gallo. Exactly how intelligent are cephalopods? Read: How Smart is The Octopus by Carl Zimmer. The Smithsonian Magazine also addressed the same topic: Are octopuses smart?
For more about those amazing tentacles watch: Octopi Have a Brain in Every Tentacle!
Check out some of the more unique octopi in this TED Ed lesson: Underwater astonishments featuring David Gallo. Exactly how intelligent are cephalopods? Read: How Smart is The Octopus by Carl Zimmer. The Smithsonian Magazine also addressed the same topic: Are octopuses smart?
For more about those amazing tentacles watch: Octopi Have a Brain in Every Tentacle!
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