Image of the Day: See Ya, Suckers
Octopuses use these muscular, adhesive suckers to grasp prey and to move around.
Aug 18, 2015
?WIKIMEDIA, STEVE LODEFINK
See “Genome Digest,” The Scientist (August 17, 2015) and “How the Octopus Keeps Its Arms Straight,” The Scientist (May 15, 2014)
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