Watch: Octopus and crab do battle – with a surprise twist
When it comes to a duel to the death between a hungry red octopus and a crab, the smart money's on the octopus. Unless...
7 years agoThis beautiful master of disguise (who looks suspiciously like 'Squidward') was spotted by Jonathan Gordon while he snorkelling in the Caribbean. Like other cephalopods – the group of animals that also includes squid and cuttlefish – octopuses change colour using special pigment cells in their skin called chromatophores.
When it comes to a duel to the death between a hungry red octopus and a crab, the smart money's on the octopus. Unless...
7 years agoCheck out the unique fort-building skills of the veined octopus. Known for unusual behaviour like bipedal walking (and its shameless shell theft),...
10 years agoEating octopus can backfire ... lethally.
7 years agoWhen octopus is on a bottlenose dolphin's menu, a little tenderising makes for a safer meal.
7 years agoThis World Octopus Day, prepare to be dazzled by the uncanny 'squeezability' of these sly cephalopods.
4 years ago