octopus
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This was particularly worrying as cuttlefish, along with other cephalopods like octopus and squid, are particularly vulnerable to the toxic algae.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Among the products targeted by Canada are U.S. steel, aluminum, motorcycles, washers and dryers, chain saws, processed cheese, clams and frozen octopus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Phishing scams are like an octopus: They have many sticky tentacles.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Cool-adapted species such as cod are generally moving further north, while numbers of some warm-water species such as octopus have risen around south-west England.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
I was always ill after a general anesthetic and didn’t want to brave the dark octopus again.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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That outer shell is built largely from chitin, a tough natural material also found in fungal cell walls, fish scales, and the beaks of squids and octopi.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026
Jewish people were sometimes depicted as octopi in Nazi posters during World War Two.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
“Some people were turned off by the violence or the octopi scene and felt ‘Oldboy’ was too much of a genre film for competition,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
As another example, the team, in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources is experimenting with octopots — small ceramic pot homes that may attract octopi, the kelp crab’s natural predator.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
While filling a definite order for octopi, Doc could replenish his stock of the cradles.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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It’s not clear when the trafficked animals might join the roughly 12,000 turtles, frogs, octopuses, penguins, sharks and other sea creatures currently on public display.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Perhaps the most impressive discoveries are animal “cities,” including two assemblies of octopuses, dubbed Octopolis and Octlantis, found off the east coast of Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Although the octopuses did not always choose the shortest path, they became faster at reaching the correct location as the trials progressed.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
Instead of attacking the reflected image, the octopuses needed to figure out where the stimulus was actually located and move toward it.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
Come on—even when the oxygen levels drop, octopuses can still do it.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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Marine Biology - Introductory
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