21. Stereotypes of animals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
persons or ideologies as an octopus sitting on a globe spreading its tentacles to take over the entire world
Ursula the Sea Witch in Disney's The Little Mermaid has octopus-like tentacles
Examples: Mega Shark Versus Giant octopus
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22. Evolution of the eye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vertebrate
Octopus
Vertebrates and Octopuses developed the camera eye independently . In the vertebrate version the nerve fibers pass in front of the retina , and there is a blind spot where the nerves pass through
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23. Cephalopod eye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
positioning of the eyes. Octopuses possess an autonomic response that maintains the orientation of their pupils such that they are always horizontal. [ 1 ]
[edit ] Polarized light
It has been documented that several types of
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24. Tool use by animals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cephalopods
A small octopus (4-5 cm diameter) individual using a nut shell and clam shell as shelter
As of 2009, the octopus is the only invertebrate animal which has been conclusively shown to use tools. At least four specimens of
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25. Abalone - Wikipedia
Bottletail
Octopus
Common
Atlantic white-spotted
Big blue
Pacific giant
Southern red
Mimic
AmphiOctopus fangsiao
Squid
New Zealand arrow
Japanese flying
Humboldt
Neon flying
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26. Bipedalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
though at least two types of octopus walk bipedally on the sea floor using two of their arms, allowing the remaining arms to be used to camouflage the octopus as a mat of algae or a floating coconut. [ 13 ]
[edit ] Advantages
Limited and
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27. Shellfish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bottletail
Octopus
Common
Atlantic White-spotted
Big Blue
Pacific Giant
Southern Red
AmphiOctopus fangsiao
Squid
New Zealand Arrow
Japanese Flying
Humboldt
Neon flying
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28. Bipedalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
though at least two types of octopus walk bipedally on the sea floor using two of their arms, allowing the remaining arms to be used to camouflage the octopus as a mat of algae or a floating coconut. [ 13 ]
[edit ] Advantages
Limited and
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29. Muscular hydrostat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
of the flexible arm of the octopus: Physiological characterization". Journal of Neurophysiology 83 (3): 1315–1328. PMID 10712459 . edit
^ Yekutieli, Y.; Sumbre, G.; Flash, T.; Hochner, B. (2002). "How to
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