Flex

No living creature can out-bend an octopus

by JoAnna Wendel
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Octopuses have the most flexible arms in the natural world, according to a new paper in Scientific Reports.
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A team of researchers filmed 10 octopuses over several months to capture more than 16,000 arm movements.

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