Visitors at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve were recently treated to an amazing spectacle. As they were watching the water, they were able to spot an octopus just beneath the surface. So far, so good. What was unexpected, though, was seeing the creature crawl on land, and then walk on it.
Granted, its movements are ki... |
22 November 2011
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Paul the Octopus, who rose to fame during this summer’s World Cup by predicting which team would win it, has died. He was found in his tank by his supervisor and he died of natural causes. This summer, Paul predicted correctly no less than eight straight World Cup games, which earned him the nickname of “... |
27 October 2010
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Scientists from Australia, Norway and Germany have, for the first time, collected venom from octopuses in Antarctica. This may give valuable information and significantly help our understanding of the properties of venom as a drug for diseases like allergies, pain management and cancer.This study was a collaboration ... |
26 July 2010
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Over the years, scientists have been forced to rethink their theories that held only humans and primates could use tools. Rodents, birds and even elephants were proven to be able to do this as well, albeit to a smaller extent, and now octopi are added to the list as well. Recent observations have revealed that an oct... |
15 December 2009
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While an octopus is not generally regarded as being the most clever animal on the planet, its brain is looked at with respect by scientists. One simple reason for this is the fact that it can control eight limbs flawlessly, in very much the same way we control four. This trait that octopuses have is of great aid to r... |
18 September 2009
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Octopuses may be the brains of the sea, but not the sea lovers. They really give a new perspective to the phrase "the male is just a tab of the penis." A new study made at the University of California, Berkeley, and published in the journal "Marine Biology," shows that at least one species of octopus inhabiting the s... |
2 April 2008
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The first cephalopods ("head-foot") appeared 500 million years ago. They were shelled, just like their relatives, snails and clams. But later, in Devonian, Carboniferous, Triassic, and Tertiary Epochs, with the evolution of the fish, marine reptiles, and later whales, to survive, the shelled cephalopods had to retrea... |
11 October 2007
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Octopuses amaze us with their intelligence, body flexibility and complex behavior. It is said that if they could live at least half of our life, they would be the most intelligent species dominating the planet. But after the first spawn, all octopuses die...They have an amazing memory and a conceptual thinking that g... |
30 July 2007
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The history of the cephalopods ("head-foot") mollusks started about 500 million years ago. Towards the end of the Cretaceous (the last dinosaur era) the first octopuses appeared, still with an inner shell and being very small (8 cm long). Today there are 289 species of octopuses, forming about one third of the all ce... |
27 June 2007
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