Octopuses tend to keep secrets, but we've just learnt how they achieve their extraordinary dexterity. The fine control these almost-alien animals have over each of their eight arms is at least ...

The large nerve cord running down each octopus arm is separated into segments, giving it precise control over movements and creating a spatial map of its suckers. Octopus arms move with incredible ...

When octopuses move across the seafloor, they can use multiple arms to camouflage from predators. These strong arms are also used for building dens, chucking shells, competing for mates, and more.

Olson explains that “there are many gross similarities [between the ANC and vertebrates’ spinal cords]—there is a cell body region, a neuropil region, and long tracts to connect the arms and brains in ...

2. Zero Bones - As an invertebrate, the octopus has no skeletal system. It is comprised of soft tissue and muscle. The ...

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Researchers studied octopuses in the wild to learn whether they favor one of their eight arms over the others for certain jobs, but found the creatures give new meaning to ambidextrous.

Octopuses and their arms are still a bit of a mystery. Not because scientists don't know how they work; their arms are boneless hydrostats, made up of groups of muscles working together, and capable ...

Experiments have shown that octopuses can unscrew jars, open containers and navigate mazes, often displaying behaviours that ...

On World Octopus Day, researchers are revealing how this blue-blooded marvel could unlock breakthroughs in robotics, medicine ...

This article is part of the Psychology Today animal minds series. Is the consciousness of octopusses unified? Source: Pia/Pexels Recently, Sidney Carls-Diamante, a post-doctoral researcher at the ...