lemonsharks:trynottodrown:todropscience:North american researchers at UC Berkeley and California Aca
lemonsharks:trynottodrown:todropscience:North american researchers at UC Berkeley and California Academy of Sciences have found that the larger Pacific-striped octopus has a unique hunting strategy: Rather than pounce on its prey, it stalks and gently taps it to startle it. Often this drives it into the octopus’s waiting arms…. The larger Pacific striped octopus , is, despite its name, no bigger than a tangerine. Also uses a “slow bounce” to hunt. With its body flattened, and dorsal arms reaching forward, the octopus glides with sporadic bursts of hopping movements before it snatches up its prey of choice.The octopus is rare, in fact, science has yet no even give it a formal scientific name (belong to Octopus genus). Is poorly understood, however, a recent study shown, they are somewhat social, they mate face-to-face, and the females produce multiple batches of offspring.Video credit: Roy Caldwell, via UC BerkeleyReference: Caldwell et al. 2015. Behavior and Body Patterns of the Larger Pacific Striped Octopus, PLOS“hey there little shrimp buddy….NoM NoM”hello there do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior posiden? NO?OM NOM NOM -- source link
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