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The world’s oldest octopus fossil isn’t an octopus after all, scientists say

A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after scientists found ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Fossil Held the World Record for the Earliest Known Octopus. Turns Out, It’s Not an Octopus After All

“It turns out the world’s most famous octopus fossil was never an octopus at all,” Clements says in a statement. “It was a ...

World’s oldest octopus fossil found 50 miles southwest of Chicago isn’t an octopus after all, scientists say

A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after scientists found ...

Alfred Molina goes from Doctor Octopus to actual octopus as the voice of a mollusk in Netflix drama

Doctor Octopus no more! Alfred Molina is now a full-on mollusk in new Netflix drama Remarkably Bright Creatures ...

Scientists Baffled After World Guinness ‘Oldest’ Octopus Turns Out To Not Be An Octopus At All

A 300-million-year-old fossil that earned a Guiness World Record in 2015 as the world’s oldest octopus, has now been ...
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300-million-year-old sea creature mistaken for the world’s oldest octopus

For years, this fossil seemed to tell a thrilling story. Here was an animal from more than 300 million years ago that ...
Phys.org

How the octopus uses its 'taste by touch' sensory system to feel out potential mates

A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory system and can even couple at arm's length without actually seeing each other.
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Beloved octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach dies

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A beloved octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach has died, officials announced Wednesday. The giant Pacific octopus named Ghost died on Tuesday. Back in ...
Los Angeles Times

Ghost, SoCal’s beloved giant Pacific octopus at the Long Beach Aquarium, has died

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ghost, the Long Beach Aquarium’s beloved giant Pacific octopus, has died, the aquarium announced in a news release ...