Thursday 1 November 2007

octopus walking


An Indonesian octopus (top picture) wraps 6 legs around its body to disguise itself as a coconut while using its other two legs to run away from danger.

To see this phenomenon : http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/9999/rolling.mpeg

An Australian octopus uses six of its legs to disguise itself as seaweed while using its other two legs to run away from danger. Interestingly, it moves faster like this than when using all its legs.
To see this phenomenon: http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/9999/walking.mpeg

My source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7194.html

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