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Old 02/11/2005, 12:19 PM
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interesting ocotopus study

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...9_octopus.html
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Old 02/12/2005, 05:52 AM
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thx for the link
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Old 02/13/2005, 03:48 PM
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awkward how they "make" joints to feed themselves.
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Old 02/13/2005, 07:15 PM
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This is part of the story, but neural control is far more complicated than even this article suggests.

Stay tuned for a paper that will be appearing in a month or so that will point to some video of unusual octopus locomotion that will blow your socks off.

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