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The Vampire Squid Doesn't Drink Blood and Isn't a Squid
The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) isn't actually a squid. And though its scientific name means "vampire squid ...
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Are Octopuses Too Smart to Be Farmed?
Critics offer many arguments against raising octopuses for food, including possible releases of waste, antibiotics or ...
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Octopuses are a new animal welfare frontier—what scientists know about consciousness in these unique creatures
We named him Squirt—not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to ...
Octopuses and their relatives are a new animal welfare frontier − here’s what scientists know about consciousness in these unique creatures
Animal welfare laws don’t protect invertebrates, but there’s evidence that some, such as octopuses, are as intelligent as ...
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Video of 'Giant Sea White Octopus' is Fake
Squid and cuttlefish, on the other hand, have six arms and two specialized arms called tentacles. The video shared on TikTok at times showed the octopus with more than a dozen arms. Both arms and ...
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Cephalopods; Aliens From Earth ¦ Random Thursday
Cephalopods like octopus, squid, and cuttlefish seem to be as alien as any alien creature from a sci-fi movie, and it's fun to speculate that they could be aliens from another planet. But could they ...
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Octopuses are a new animal welfare frontier—what scientists know about consciousness in these unique creatures
But there's undeniably something special about cephalopods—the class of ocean-dwelling invertebrates that includes cuttlefish, squid and octopus. Critics offer many arguments against raising ...