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Introduction1
Octopus Facts (Alina Bradford, Live Science)
Ten Curious Facts About Octopuses (Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian.com)
Octopus Facts (Alina Bradford, Live Science)
Dictionary
octopus : any of a genus (Octopus) of cephalopod mollusks that have eight muscular arms equipped with two rows of suckers; broadly : any octopod excepting the paper nautilus — Webster
octopuses or octopi (Merriam-Webster)
OneLook, Free Dictionary, Wiktionary
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Encyclopedia
Octopus is a soft-bodied, eight-armed mollusc of the order Octopoda. Around 300 species are recognized and the order is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish and nautiloids. Like other cephalopods, the octopus is bilaterally symmetric with two eyes and a beak, with its mouth at the centre point of the arms (which are sometimes mistakenly called “tentacles”). The soft body can rapidly alter its shape, enabling octopuses to squeeze through small gaps. They trail their eight arms behind them as they swim. The siphon is used both for respiration and for locomotion, by expelling a jet of water. Octopuses have a complex nervous system and excellent sight, and are among the most intelligent and behaviorally diverse of all invertebrates. — Wikipedia
Portal
The Octopus News Magazine Online
Search
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Inspiration
Giant Pacific Otopus (National Geographic)
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Innovation
Science
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Preservation
History
Fossil Octopuses (The Octopus News Magazine Online)
Library
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
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Participation
Education
Why the octopus brain is so extraordinary (Cláudio L. Guerra, TED-Ed)
Octopus and Squid (Biology4Kids)
Course
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
News
The Octopus News Magazine Online, Phys.org, NPR Archives
Book
Government
Document
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Expression
Fun
Humor
A Brief History Of Octopi Taking Over The World (Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science)
Octopus Jokes (Worst Jokes Ever)
Poem
OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
Music
Folklore
Giant Squid & Octopus: History and Evidence (Anomalies)
4 Cephalopods from Myth and Folklore: Celebrating World Octopus (Kattyayani’s Blog)
More News …
Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.
- Octopus brain and human brain share the same...on June 24, 2022 at 5:05 pm
The octopus is an exceptional organism with an extremely complex brain and cognitive abilities that are unique among invertebrates. So much so that in some ways it has more in common with vertebrates than with invertebrates. The neural and cognitive complexity of these animals could originate from a molecular analogy with the human brain, as discovered by a research paper recently published in BMC Biology and coordinated by Remo Sanges from SISSA of Trieste and by Graziano Fiorito from Stazione […]
- The ocean is not a quiet placeon June 13, 2022 at 1:22 pm
For a long time, the great ocean explorers used sight to reveal the secrets of the marine environment, downplaying its acoustic aspects. Indeed, the ocean has long been considered a place devoid of any sound.
- Cuttlefish camouflage may be more complex than...on May 31, 2022 at 2:53 pm
A new study published in Current Biology suggests that the European cuttlefish (sepia officinalis) may combine, as necessary, two distinct neural systems that process specific visual features from its local environment and visual cues relating to its overall background environment to create the body patterns it uses to camouflage itself on the sea floor. This is in contrast to previous research suggesting that the cognitive (brain) processes involved are much simpler, in that the cuttlefish […]
- Seychelles says the rich world is failing on...on May 30, 2022 at 4:10 pm
Climate-aid pledges by industrialized nations are worthless, says the leader of the Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago threatened by rising sea levels.
- Changes in cholesterol production lead to tragic...on May 12, 2022 at 3:00 pm
For all their uncanny intelligence and seemingly supernatural abilities to change color and regenerate limbs, octopuses often suffer a tragic death. After a mother octopus lays a clutch of eggs, she quits eating and wastes away; by the time the eggs hatch, she is dead. Some females in captivity even seem to speed up this process intentionally, mutilating themselves and twisting their arms into a tangled mess.
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Notes
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