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    Mar 01, 2023 3 minutes

    ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

    Which Octopus Arm is Best?

    A re you a righty? A lefty? This octopus is a second-arm-from-the-front-y.

    All octopuses have eight arms. Scientists wanted to know more about how the animals use those arms to hunt. So, they put California two-spot octopuses in tanks, dropped in tasty shrimp or crabs, and made videos of what happened next.

    The videos showed that the octopuses sat sideways in their dens. They peered out with one eye. If a shrimp fell in, an octopus would

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