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“The poison ocellate octopus shares the same potent toxins with its relative, the blue ring octopus,” explains Lu. “Captured ...

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An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for food–and it’s not alone. A flurry of fish move alongside it, in a group hunting phenomenon observed in multiple marine locations around the world.

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They filmed 13 scenes that showed a big blue octopus (Octopus cyanea) hunting with different fish species. And the various animals appeared to have distinct roles in the operation. “These fish ...

Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting ...

While camouflaged on the ocean floor off the coast of Israel in the Red Sea, octopods use their arms to grab unsuspecting prey (03:55) Is Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin the Future of Space Exploration?

The hunt was going well—until one fish got out of line. In a sudden flash of black and white, the color-changing octopus whipped out its arm and—whack—landed a punch. The fish, a blacktip ...