Unusual Complex Sex in Octopus Species
	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& ... [read more >>]
	02 April 2008, 05:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

14 Things You Did Not Know about Octopuses
	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 retreat to the depths or turn more mobile. Indeed, today, the Nautilus, with several species, is the only shelled cep ... [read more >>]
	11 October 2007, 06:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Treasure Found by an Octopus
	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 greatly surpass most mammals; they form underwater "cities", in which each inhabitant occupies a cave ... [read more >>]
	30 July 2007, 06:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

10 Amazing Things About Octopuses
	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 cephalopod species. The largest octopus in the world is the North Pacific Giant Octopus (Octopus dofleini). This ... [read more >>]
	27 June 2007, 14:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia