Mesmerizing movements of an octopus off the northeast coast of Sardinia, Italy. Several explanations have been given for this interesting behavior, one being that the octopus is bathing her eggs beneath her to oxygenate them. A female's growing eggs require constant influxes of oxygen, so she may be gently wafting currents of water over them repeatedly. But without being able to see the eggs, we cannot confirm this explanation with 100% confidence! 🧐 Another possibility is that the octopus is s
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Octopus social skills: *sees other octopus* *throws sand in face* This #whereintheworldwednesday we’re finding the debris-throwing octopuses! In a recent study, wild octopuses were documented throwing debris for the first time! Throwing things is a behavior that is uncommon for animals and only seen in a few mammals. This behavior was observed in the gloomy octopus (Octopus tetricus). They used jet propulsion to launch silt and shells, sometimes hitting other octopuses nearby! Octopus are solita
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