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 agoThink octopuses only hunt in the water? Think again! This awesome footage of an octopus leaping from a tide pool for a nice crab dinner was shot by Porsche Indrisie in Western Australia. It might seem abnormal, but most species of octopus can survive out of water for 30-60 minutes, allowing them to slink from pool to pool in search of food when the tide goes out. We rarely see these 'air raids' because cephalopods typically hunt at night!
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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),...
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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.
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