Crawling, swimming, squeezing, jetting—the range of movement available to an octopus is impressive. Yet some species occasionally choose to stand up on two arms and “run” backwards.
This is a neat trick to avoid predators - they lift up six of their arms and walk backward on the other two.
Chrissy Huffard, a Senior Researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, explains the pros and cons of this seemingly silly behavior and why an octopus might find looking foolish useful.
Watch & learn:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=23qzi88k3aM
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