sneaky octopi

Another article published in the Globe and Mail ~ one month ago;

"OCTOPUSES OBSERVED TIPTOEING OUT OF TROUBLE

Octopuses, known for using camouflage to avoid predators have been observed apparently trying to sneak away by walking on two arms, pretending to be a bunch of algae,
Two kinds of octopuses were seen to use different ways of walking along the sea floor, researchers report today’s issue of the journal Science.
Two individuals of O. marginatus from Indonesia wrapped six arms around themselves, looking like a coconut on the sea floor. They then used the two rear arms to move backward,
In Australia, O. aculeatus was seen raising two arms above its head before lifting four more and moving backward on the two remaining arms. The researchers described it as looking like, ‘a clump of algae tiptoeing away.’”

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