Article: Octopuses trying to escape predators walk away on 2 legs

Article: Two-armed getaway used by octopuses
Charleston Gazette;  March 25, 2005 ;     473 words ... ... project. He said the researchers use examples from nature in designing robots; one project is to build a soft robot. Octopuses trying to avoid being eaten usually hold still to camouflage themselves. But by walking on two arms, these two types were able ...

Article: Director of Oscar nominee says it's good to dare
AP Worldstream;  January 22, 2009 ;     498 words ... ... movie, Oktapodi, was also nominated for an Oscar, this time in the Animated Short Film category. The movie, about octopuses trying to escape the chef's knife, was made by six students at the Gobelins cinema school of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...

Article: Octopuses Observed Avoiding Predators
AP Online;  March 25, 2005 ;     577 words ... ... project. He said the researchers use examples from nature in designing robots; one project is to build a soft robot. Octopuses trying to avoid being eaten usually hold still to camouflage themselves. But by walking on two arms, these two types were able ...

Article: Octopuses Seen Walking From Predators
AP Online;  March 25, 2005 ;     577 words ... ... project. He said the researchers use examples from nature in designing robots; one project is to build a soft robot. Octopuses trying to avoid being eaten usually hold still to camouflage themselves. But by walking on two arms, these two types were able ...

Article: Octopuses pussyfoot to escape predators
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 25, 2005 ;     427 words ... ... project. He said the researchers use examples from nature in designing robots; one project is to build a soft robot. Octopuses trying to avoid being eaten usually hold still to camouflage themselves. But by walking on two arms, these two types were able ...

Article: `Shorts' long on quality.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald;  February 6, 2009 ;     584 words ... ... an animated film managing to compress the history of cartoons into three minutes of breakneck action about a pair of octopuses trying to flee for their lives and get back to the sea. The best animated short of the lot is Presto from Pixar (natch). It ...

Article: Octopuses sometimes try to walk away from predators
AP Worldstream;  March 24, 2005 ;     370 words ... ... project. He said the researchers use examples from nature in designing robots; one project is to build a soft robot. Octopuses trying to avoid being eaten usually hold still to camouflage themselves. But by walking on two arms, these two types were able ...