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Octopus in sentence

83 examples of Octopus in a sentence

For example, this shrimp releases its bioluminescent chemicals into the water just the way a squid or an octopus would release an ink cloud.
Greg Gage: The octopus is a rather strange-looking animal that exhibits amazingly complex behaviors.
And then throw in the fact that the octopus is a solitary creature, and suddenly, we have ourselves a real cephalopod fight.
The octopus is no different, and knowing their fighting behavior could help us better understand these fascinating creatures and how they interact.
Put it in, set up my GoPro, put the second octopus in, cover it up and leave it alone.
There's always one octopus on defense, one on offense.
The defensive octopus tries to face away from the attacker until it's the critical moment it knows there's no way to avoid a fight.
GG: Really, the one who's waiting to the last moment is the defensive octopus.
(String music) GG: So we've taken the first steps in understanding fighting in the octopus.
So it's not too far of a stretch to say that some of these behaviors that we're seeing in the California two-spot octopus are similar to ours.
And apparently, an octopus can also open a jar.
That was from MIT, and of course, we have a robotic octopus.
It's a close relative of squid and octopus, and males have a hectocotylus.
Take a look at what that is! That's a bipedal octopus that's disguised as a rolling coconut.
We've also described another species of bipedal octopus.
A 2010 study showed that an octopus in captivity can recognize different humans.
This is an octopus.
Here's an octopus moving across the reef, finds a spot to settle down, curls up and then disappears into the background.
Here's an octopus.
And you see that an octopus would stand out very easily there if you couldn't use your camouflage, use your skin to change color and texture.
Now, Roger spooked him, so he took off in a cloud of ink, and when he lands, the octopus says, "Oh, I've been seen.
The nautilus, an ancestor of the octopus, uses this pinhole eye for improved resolution and directional sensing.
For an octopus, the process is quite different.
So when an octopus sees food, its brain doesn't activate a specific body part, but rather a behavioral response to grab.
What all this means is that each of an octopus's eight arms can essentially think for itself.
Sensing a threat, the octopus will rapidly change its colors to match its surroundings.
I can best explain the difference between classic science fiction and Afrofuturism if I used the octopus analogy.
However, octopus intelligence evolved from a different evolutionary line, separate from that of human beings, so the foundation is different.
It can contract fast enough to power the high-speed wings of a hummingbird; it can grow strong enough to move an elephant; and it's adaptable enough to be used in the extremely versatile arms of an octopus, an animal that can squeeze its entire body through tiny holes.
Today, this shared universe is called the Cthulhu Mythos, named after Lovecraft’s infamous blend of dragon and octopus.
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