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Octopus Motion

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Octopus Motion

image: O. aculeatus uses its arms to catch its prey, as well as move along the bottom. This one is eating a mantis shrimp. This image relates to article that appeared in the 25 March 2005 issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. C.L. Huffard of the University of California, Berkeley and colleagues, was titled "Underwater Bipedal Locomotion by Octopuses in Disguise." view more 

Credit: Image courtesy of Roy Caldwell of UC Berkeley, via <i>Science</i>-AAAS


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