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The ballad of Tako: Crazy experiment teaches octopus to play the piano in 6 months

Mattias Krantz is a YouTuber with a penchant for bonkers engineering and musical projects. A few months ago, he went into a ...
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Eight arms, endless skills: New study finds an octopus' arms can do it all

The octopus is a striking creature. Their most defining feature, of course, is their eight arms. A new study of octopuses has now documented exactly how those eight arms are used in the wild.
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Live seven-arm octopus spotted in the deep sea – only the fourth time it’s been seen in 40 years

It’s no secret the deep sea is home to some strange-looking animals, so might we introduce you to yet another weirdo: the ...
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Octopus DNA seems to confirm scientists’ theory about a long-standing geological mystery

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. “This project was ...
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Octopuses and fish share leadership — and enforcement — in group hunting

The Red Sea, sandwiched between northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, is teeming with life, including octopuses and more than a thousand species of fish. Every day, the goal of these creatures ...
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Is intelligence a human construct? “Octopus!” suggests its time to think differently about animals

In the new Prime documentary series “Octopus!” actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge spends an hour and a half narrating a story about an octopus named Doris that sets out on her own, falls in love and ...
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Octopus DNA seems to confirm scientists’ theory about a long-standing geological mystery

(CNN) — A study of octopus DNA may have solved an enduring mystery about when the rapidly melting West Antarctic ice sheet last collapsed, unlocking valuable information about how much future sea ...