Researchers discover the clever tactics octopuses use to fit through holes much smaller than their bodies
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An octopus has no bones, so it can squeeze through a gap far narrower than its body. It often does that in the wild to escape predators and to catch prey. In a recent study, scientists have deciphered the exact, step-by-step method that common octopuses squeeze through tiny holes. One arm goes through first. Several […]
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