Octopus science
How octopus taste:
From The New York Times - June 17., 2025
“When octopuses extend their eight arms into hidden nooks and crannies in search of a meal, they are not just feeling around in the dark for their food. They are tasting their prey, and with even more sensory sophistication than scientists had already imagined.
Researchers reported on Tuesday in the journal Cell that octopus arms are fine-tuned to “eavesdrop into the microbial world,” detecting microbiomes on the surfaces around them and deriving information from them, said Rebecka Sepela, a molecular biologist at Harvard and an author of the new study. to share with the world.
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New Octopuses
A new kind of Dumbo! The Carnarvon Flapjack (from The Smithsonian May 22, 2025)
A New, Shape-Shifting ‘Flapjack’ Octopus Has Been Discovered in the Deep Sea Off the Coast of Australia. The tiny Carnarvon flapjack octopus is the latest of ten species described by Australian scientists after a 2022 research trip.
Four New Octopus Species Discovered in the Deep Sea (from Sci Am)
Enigmatic octopuses that have been newly discovered in the waters off Costa Rica add to a growing registry of deep-sea dwellers
Every arm has a different specialty? (The Guardian Sept. 11, 2025)
”Octopuses prefer to use different arms for different tasks, scientists find creatures favour front arms for most tasks, study suggests, despite fact all eight arms are capable of all actions”
Corrections
So far, so good!