Cephalopods Have a Totally Wild Way of Adapting

With their squishy bodies and color-changing abilities, octopuses and other cephalopods already look like our planet’s resident aliens. But researchers have discovered yet another thing that separates them from most other animals on Earth!

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Sources:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2017.03.025
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05198
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1212795
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29182635/

Image sources:
Thank you to 7Seil for the footage of an octopus opening a jar! (https://youtu.be/_xfDYs_6rUk)
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