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This similarity between human and octopus brains has scientists shocked

June 29th, 2022

Joshua Hawkins

Scientists believe they have discovered some key information about the octopus’ brain. We’ve known for centuries that octopuses are smarter than your everyday invertebrates. However, we never really understood why. Now, researchers have published a new study that not only provides some enlightening answers, but also left the scientists reeling from their discovery.

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Viral video of a woman befriending an octopus has everyone getting emotional

December 16th, 2021

Joshua Hawkins

A new video of a woman helping an octopus has taken Twitter by storm. From the biggest whales to the smallest fish, the ocean is full of remarkable animals. With such busy lives, it can be easy to forget about the creatures that call our biggest bodies of water home. Sometimes, though, we’re reminded of …

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Octopuses are so fed up with 2020 they’ve started to punch fish

December 23rd, 2020

Mike Wehner

New research shows that when octopuses and fish hunt together, it’s not uncommon for octopuses to actually punch their fish partners to keep them in line. The behavior appears to be associated with something akin to frustration on the part of the octopuses, which, I mean, is totally understandable. The researchers, who gave the fish-punching …

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Octopus gets sweet revenge on live streamer trying to eat it

May 8th, 2019

Mike Wehner

People throw around the word “karma” a lot whenever something bad happens to someone, but it’s hard to find a better example of real, actual karma than this video of a Chinese internet personality being attacked by her would-be meal. The clip, which made the rounds on Chinese social media before spreading on Twitter and …

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Behold this adorable baby octopus that lived in human trash

October 27th, 2018

Mike Wehner

Cleaning up trash is not a glamorous job, and you’d have to imagine that cleaning up ocean trash is no different. Slowly plucking someone else’s refuse and placing it in a bag where it should have been in the first place is something that scientists working in the field tend to do because they feel …

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Scientists gave a bunch of octopuses ecstasy and they started acting just like humans

September 20th, 2018

Mike Wehner

You might not imagine that you have much in common with an octopus. Humans and octopuses certainly don’t look similar, and their brains are far from something you’d find in any mammal, but a recent study reveals that we might be more like the eight-legged aquatic invertebrates than we think, and all it took was …

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International group of scientists suggest that octopuses might actually be aliens

May 17th, 2018

Mike Wehner

Normally when you see a story about someone claiming that aliens are hanging out here on Earth its origins can be traced to a misguided conspiracy theorist or crackpot ranting on YouTube. So, when an international group of actual scientists releases a report theorizing the existence of an alien species living right under our noses, …