Article: Is an octopus left or right handed? Er, which one of the eight do you mean? Call to arms: Staff and visitors to a Scots aquarium will try to get grips with the octopus and its behaviour.

Article: Octopus watchers take part in a piece of gripping research
Yorkshire Post;  July 8, 2008 ;     390 words ......interesting because octopuses have been evolving...nerves in their arms, and have even been...think with their arms. "A severed octopus...studies concluded that octopuses simply used the...studies of eight octopuses the university team...combinations of arms being used out ...

Article: Octopus's garden: Current Science editor Rene Ebersole went scuba diving in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica to help a scientist learn more about the native octopuses there. (Life)(Cover Story).
Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication;  April 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ......that if fishermen harvest too many of Costa Rica's octopuses, some species might vanish. Virtually nothing is known about these octopuses, he explained. Yet they're being fished. We don't...Cigliano answer that question by capturing as many octopuses as we could. Once caught, the octopuses would ...

Article: Scientists Study Octopus Tentacles
NPR The Bryant Park Project;  July 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......there. PESCA: So, are these arms, not tentacles, I have been...them just like we use our arms. So, we do tend to use the name of arms instead of tentacles for...the other big question is octopuses or octopi, what do you think...to have a small amount of octopuses that preferred to use ...

Article: Octopuses pussyfoot to escape predators
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 25, 2005 ;     322 words ......build a soft robot. Octopuses trying to avoid...by walking on two arms, these two types...using their other arms to disguise themselves...Two O. marginatus octopuses from Indonesia wrapped six arms around themselves...aquarium with its long arms curled behind its body. ...

Article: Two-armed getaway used by octopuses
Charleston Gazette;  March 25, 2005 ;     277 words ...WASHINGTON - Octopuses, known for using...by walking on two arms while pretending...build a soft robot. Octopuses trying to avoid being...by walking on two arms, these two types...the two remaining arms. The researchers...researchers believe the octopuses were trying to flee...

Article: ARmS contROL
Muse;  November 1, 2004 ;     123 words ......with, they found that the octopuses preferred some combinations of one, two, or three arms. In fact, of the possible 448 combinations of arms, the octopuses used only 49. Why would octopuses prefer some arms to others? It probably...

Article: Do octopuses have a favourite tentacle?
The Independent - London;  July 7, 2008 ;     367 words ......explained: "Uniquely, octopuses have more than half their nerves in their arms and have been shown...so we will see if octopuses can be added to that...a combination of arms, up to three will...the water for the octopuses' inspection. The...

Article: Smart suckers: discover why scientists think octopuses and their relatives are such brainiacs.(LIFE: ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS)(Cover story)
Science World;  September 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ......spends her days studying octopuses and cuttlefish in the lab; it's a tricky job. Octopuses are cannibals. These invertebrates...cephalopods sport a ring of arms that are strong and agile...open the lid to escape. Octopuses have been known to sneak...grasp objects with ease, octopuses rely ...

Article: Are octopuses partial to a certain tentacle?
The Hindustan Times;  July 7, 2008 ;     286 words ......animals use. "Uniquely, octopuses have more than half their nerves in their arms and have been shown...think with their arms," Live Science quoted...so we will see if octopuses can be added to that...a combination of arms will also be recorded...the water for the octopuses' ...

Article: Octopuses Seen Walking From Predators
AP Online;  March 25, 2005 ;     399 words ......aquarium with its long arms curled behind its...suckers when it walks. Octopuses, best known for using...build a soft robot. Octopuses trying to avoid being...by walking on two arms, these two types...the two remaining arms. The researchers...researchers believe the octopuses were ...

Article: Legging it: Evasive octopus who has been allowed to look for love
The Independent - London;  February 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ......clogs of the ocean floor * Octopuses are considered to be one...believed that they had eight arms. However, last year a European...that they actually have six arms and two legs. They use their...complex tasks with their arms, such as manipulating a Rubik's cube. Uniquely, octopuses have ...

Article: Octopuses trying to escape predators walk away on 2 legs
Chicago Sun-Times;  March 25, 2005 ;     102 words ...WASHINGTON -- Octopuses, known for using camouflage...away by walking on two arms while pretending to be...of the animals. Though octopuses usually hold still to...Indonesia wrapped six arms around themselves, looking...then used the two rear arms to move backward. AP

Article: Octopuses have only six arms, the other two are actually legs!
The Hindustan Times;  August 13, 2008 ;     284 words ......scientists have now claimed that octopuses effectively have 'six arms and two legs'. Claire Little...Europe, discovered that octopuses use their two rearmost limbs...meant for showing whether octopuses favoured one side or the...scientists came to know that octopuses are ambidextrous, ...

Article: Ivory Towers: Personality tests for octopuses
The Independent - London;  January 12, 1994 ;     253 words ......Navigation by spatial memory and use of lanmarks in octopuses" (Journal of Comparative Physiology, vol 168, 1991...Mather and Anderson to do more detailed studies on octopuses which they report in "Personalities of Octopuses (Octopus rubescens)" in the Journal of Comparative...107, no 3, 1993). The ...