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Article: Octopuses pussyfoot to escape predators
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- March 25, 2005
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RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
03-25-2005
Octopuses pussyfoot to escape predators
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 03-25-2005, Friday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
WASHINGTON - Octopuses, known for using camouflage to avoid predators, have been observed apparently trying to sneak away by walking on two arms while pretending to be a bunch of algae.
Two kinds of octopus were seen to use different ways of walking along the sea floor, researchers report in today's issue of the journal Science.
The movements were discovered by Christine L. Huffard of the University of California, Berkeley, who was studying underwater video-camera tapes of ...