Tag: octopus
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Watch this octopus change colors as it dreams
New research suggests that octopuses experience ‘quiet’ and ‘active’ sleep states like humans, even undergoing brief dreaming periods. While there’s no evidence to conclude that they dream the way people do, they do light up in different colors when they snooze. That’s according to a marine biologist who captured this octopus snoozing away in a…
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The flamboyant cuttlefish
The cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) is a real master of color change. The bioluminescent fish can modify their appearance and shape using flashing LCD-like bands to hypnotize prey before snatching it up. That’s right — these fish use their strobing disco lights to psyche-out crabs and small fish! Like the octopus, the cuttlefish have pigmented chromatophores in…
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The Octopus in my house
BBC Earth is back with another excellent special, this time focusing on the intriguing creature of the octopus. Octopuses are intelligent, containing nine brains, three hearts, and half a billion neurons in their arms which allow the tentacles to function independently from the brain. The Octopus: Aliens living on Earth? Alien-like, it is also believed…
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Rare ‘rainbow’ blanket octopus
Take a look at this video of these ultra-rare trippy rainbow blanket octopuses caught on camera off the coast of Romblon, Philippines. Coincidentally, they arrive just in time for Pride month. It’s no wonder these intelligent alien-looking creatures have “half a billion neurons, about as many as a dog.” And most of those neurons are…