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Octopus watchers take part in a piece of gripping research
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Yorkshire Post
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July 8, 2008
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A Yorkshire aquarium is reaching for answers to the age old
question of whether the octopus has a favourite arm.
Staff and visitors at Scarborough Sea Life Centre are taking part
in a month-long study to determine whether the creatures prefer any
of their eight tentacles for feeding and other tasks.
The results could shed light on the evolution of "handedness" in
animals. Aquarist Helen Fletcher said: "There have been several
investigations into arm usage by octopuses. But they have involved
small numbers of octopuses and the results have been conflicting."
The Scarborough research is being duplicated simultaneously at 23
other Sea Life attractions across Europe - and aims to point the way ...
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