Most people would probably be a bit freaked out if an octopus appeared and started wrapping its sucker-laden limbs around ...

Octopus arms are covered in numerous suckers—bowl-shaped cavities made of thick muscles that can grasp objects with a vice-like grip. The sides and edges of these suckers are rimmed with concentric ...

the creature doesn’t get tangled up Israeli scientists found this is because its suckers can't stick to themselves They temporarily shut down if they sense chemicals on an octopus' skin ...

Uno is a giant Pacific octopus, and visitors to his exhibit can sometimes see this feeding in person. In this video, his suckers are the main attraction, but those sneaky tentacles do more than ...

The multicolored cells you see here make up a sucker on an octopus’s arm. Octopuses use these suckers to grasp prey, latch onto underwater surfaces, and even defend themselves from predators. The ...

North Pacific giant octopus hug massive crab, such as snow crabs, to paralyze them instantly. Then they use their suckers to crush their prey to pieces before enjoying the feast. The octopus's ...

Unlike dogs, humans and others, most of the neurons are found in the arms of the octopus and not the brain – in fact nearly twice as many. Each sucker on an octopus’s arm may have 10,000 ...