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MC8MNB This view shows some of the suckers on this eight armed cephalopod. Day octopus, Octopus cyanea, Hawaii.

Octopus brains may have become complex the same way human brains did

17 March 2022

The relatively high intelligence of octopuses may be due in part to high numbers of microRNAs that could let them generate more types of neurons
A cluster of deep sea octopus Muusoctopus robustus at Davidson Seamount, off California.

Deep-sea ‘octopus garden’ has warm water that speeds egg hatching

2 March 2022

Thousands of brooding octopus mothers gather at a spot 3200 metres deep off the coast of California because warmer water there dramatically reduces hatching times
Octopus djinda lives along the southwestern coast of Australia

Newly recognised octopus species described in south-west Australia

9 November 2021

Octopus djinda is caught in fisheries and eaten by people, but has only now been recognised as a separate species from another Australian octopus

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