Octopuses Have Six "Arms" and Two "Legs"


	Octopuses Have Six "Arms" and Two "Legs"

wintertown

8-15-2008 2:33 AM

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octopus, arms, legs

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                        BERLIN (Reuters) - Octopuses' eight tentacles divide up
into six "arms" and two "legs", a study published by a chain of
commercial aquariums said on Thursday.                        
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 Octopuses are reckoned to be the world's most intelligent
invertebrates and are able to use tools with their
sucker-covered tentacles.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_octopus_research"><P>
 Helped by over 2,000 observations by visitors, teams of
aquatic specialists carried out a study showing that the
creatures seemed to favour their first three pairs of tentacles
for grabbing and using objects, Sea Life aquariums said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_octopus_research"><P>
 "One can assume that the front six tentacles have the
function of arms, and that the back two take over the function
of legs," said Sea Life biologist Oliver Walenciak.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_octopus_research"><P>
 Unlike humans and some other animals, most octopuses did
not appear to be left-handed or right-handed. Those that were
suffered from eye problems on their less-favoured side.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_octopus_research"><P>
 Sea Life said the number of observations in its study
significantly exceeded that in previous academic
investigations.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/591F9CE0-EB96-403E-9353-014FCC7078F5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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