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Most folks know that octopus have three hearts, eight arms, and blue blood…but that’s just the start! We connected our resident marine biologist Dr. Chelsea Bennice with artist S.S. Julian & they collaborated to bring you our first ever octopus anatomy poster! Here’s everything you need to know about octopus anatomy! If you’re looking for the... The post Octopus Anatomy: External and Internal Body…
Updated May 22 (TLDR)– An octopus just became the most-watched character on Netflix! (streaming here!) Remarkably Bright Creatures opened as the #1 most-watched streaming film in the world for its launch week (May 8-14, 2026), pulling roughly 1 billion estimated minutes watched per Variety and Luminate, three times the next title on the chart. Marcellus,... The post Remarkably Bright Creatures:…
Octopuses are among the most intelligent invertebrates (animals without a backbone) on Earth. With nine interconnected brains, around 500 million neurons, and the ability to solve puzzles, use tools, and recognize individual humans, octopus intelligence operates on a fundamentally different architecture than anything else in the animal kingdom! But how smart are they, really? And what does... The…
From unfastening lids to slipping through drainpipes, octopuses demonstrate remarkable problem-solving both in labs and in the wild. In this article, Dr. Alex Schnell, comparative animal psychologist and host of National Geographic’s Secrets of the Octopus, explores four key pillars of intelligence: behavioral flexibility, imagination, reasoning, and memory/foresight. By the end, you might just…
Meet the blue lined octopus (Hapalochlaena fasciata), a tiny creature whose mating rituals read like a survival thriller. Mating is risky business for many octopuses, but male blue-lined octopuses take it to the next level by injecting their partners with a paralyzing venom to avoid becoming lunch. In this post, we’re exploring the blue-lined octopus’s... The post Blue Lined Octopus Mating…
🚨🐙 Stage 8 Clinger Alert! From high-stakes shark rodeos to choking out dolphins, octopus expert and OctoNation founder Warren Carlyle breaks down the clingy tactics that keep these brains-with-suction-cups off the menu (sometimes 😅). Caught on Camera: Octopus Riding a Shark By now, you’ve probably seen the viral video: A giant orange Māori octopus clinging... The post Octopus Expert Reacts to…