Sentences with phrase «of octopuses»

Get several and have a family of octopuses charming everyone at the table.

Researchers have developed a stretchable material that mimics the ability of octopuses to inflate their papillae for camouflage.

«So we expected the genetics of these octopuses to be quite different.»

«It's important for us to know the genome, because it gives us insights into how the sophisticated cognitive skills of octopuses evolved,» says neurobiologist Benny Hochner who has studied octopus neurophysiology for 20 years.

We think of octopuses as being the epitome of fluidity when jetting through the water; to see them hightailing it on foot, so to speak, is hilarious.

Aside from mixing gameplay styles up a bit with the costumes, there are sections of the game that steer away from platforming, such as riding a mine cart, trying to avoid, spikes and columns of octopuses (yeah, you read that right), and pick up gems.

Over 300 species of octopuses have been documented around the world but they are rarely seen in Belize so close to the shore.

Montgomery's nuanced reading enlivens her study of octopuses, the ocean's most mysterious creatures.

Either way, I am quite tickled to be able to literally wear my love of octopuses on my sleeve (and even feet!).

Now that this genetic information is available, researchers can start to answer questions about how the beautiful bodies and astounding brains of octopuses actually developed.

It's unfortunate that the editors chose to do this; the real photos of real squid are more than sufficient to demonstrate their variety and beauty, just as the surprising images of octopuses, fish, jellyfish, sharks, corals, and worms reveal a brilliant world hundreds of fathoms down.

German Sumbre of the Hebrew University in Israel and his colleagues analyzed a hundred videotapes of octopuses using their flexible arms to fetch food items.

The fossil record of octopuses remains skimpy.

The tales of octopuses squirting experimenters reminded me of something I had seen myself.

Stranger still was that nearly all of the octopuses seemed to be mothers, each guarding a clutch of eggs.

Case in point: deep - sea expeditions and drones have revealed a giant group of octopuses and their eggs in a place where they shouldn't be able to survive.

Geochemists explored the outcrop in a tiny submersible vehicle, hoping to collect samples of the warm fluids that emerge from cracks in the rocks; they didn't count on finding dozens of octopuses huddled around the cracks.

The team also observed pairs of octopuses feeding in the unique beak - to - beak position, allowing both male and female to share a meal, and even share the same den for days at a time.

Faced with rigid security checks, Sagarin was reminded of the flexible dynamic threat responses of the octopuses and anemones he studied, which keep both the animals and their aggressors on their metaphorical toes.

But plenty of care — and plenty of octopuses — will still be required.

Researchers and aquarium attendants tell tales of octopuses that have tormented and outwitted them.

Unlike most other cephalopods, the majority of octopuses - those in the suborder most commonly known, Incirrata - have almost entirely soft bodies with no internal skeleton.

«Nobody has sat down with dozens of these octopuses and compared them.

Steven Haddock from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California and his colleagues have now filmed three of these octopuses in the wild.

Think of your health and fitness as the head of an octopus and the tentacles as the myriad of other facets of your life.

@nate — Compare the human eye to the eye of an octopus or even a raptor.

The company already is one of the largest importers of octopus from Spain and Portugal, and Weitzer says Arista Industries continues to look for sources that can bring more than shrimp and fish to the table.

This mixture is then poured hot over finely sliced pieces of octopus and garnished with djersek poeroet (Indonesian limes) and European cucumber (the long, ribbed kind).

This Peruvian ceviche offers a plethora of interesting textures: the meaty chew of octopus, the refreshing bite of shrimp, and the marshmallowy smoothness of bay scallops.

He cleans each plate's edges with a vodka - moistened towel and raises his right arm — inked with a tangle of octopus, sea urchin, and clam images — extending his index finger.

But the moment the pulpo gallego landed in front of me, I discovered my new favorite bar snack: tender slices of octopus, dotted with romesco sauce and meant to be scooped up with potato chips as you would nachos.

Chef Jesse Houston's nautical takeover (complete with a mural of an octopus) of a former elementary school has become a hangout for Fondren District locals, who sit at the long bar, slurping down $ 1 oysters on the half shell during happy hour and sipping one of the 30 beers on tap.

one of the Falcoholic community artists to create a cartoon character of an octopus in a # 25 Seahawks jersey named «Grabby Shenanigans.»

The object of the game is to use the tongue of the octopus to grab the goodies including apples, soccer balls, footballs, and trophies.

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu would become someone of octopus ability to be able to tamper with all these things at the same time.

These handmade, screen printed beer glasses feature original illustrations of octopus tentacles crawling up around the pint!

But these arms are not entirely under the control of the octopus's brain.

I often think of octopi as dancers moving about in this liquid weightlessness, striking poses that defy gravity and are nothing but graceful.

The eight wily arms of an octopus can help the animal catch dinner, open a jar and even complete a convincing disguise.

Check their warts: New, old - school study shows that wart distribution can differentiate 2 species of octopus.»

The sequencing of the octopus genome, published in August, offers a surprising answer.

These trees sent smaller roots down from the lateral roots that, when excavated, resembled tentacles of an octopus.

Image of octopus camouflaging courtesy of iStockphoto / Suljo Octopuses and Kindles might have more in common than you think.

Most known species of octopus avoid the company their own kind.

An international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of an octopus, bringing researchers closer to discovering the genes involved in the creature's unusual biology, including its ability to change skin color and texture and a distributed brain that allows its eight arms to move independently.

«Only by observing the context in which these behaviors occur in the wild can we begin to piece together how this octopus has evolved behaviors so radically different from what occurs in most other species of octopus.»

While many species of octopus are known for their showy displays of color, the larger Pacific striped octopus is particularly notable for its striking high - contrast display of colors and patterns, which can vary from a pale to dark reddish - brown hue to black with white stripes and spots with both smooth and uneven skin textures.

A remarkable yet little - known species of octopus is once again exciting the cephalopod community with its surprisingly social behavior, unconventional mating and reproductive habits, unusual predatory behavior, and unique body patterns, most of which have never before been observed among octopuses.

For example, «woodpeckerlike habits» are seen in lemurs and extinct marsupials, while the mechanics of an octopus» tentacles are far closer to those of a human arm than we might expect, and even their suckers can operate rather like hands.

But because it lacks the pigments that cover the rest of the octopus's body, the sex organ needs to be inconspicuous most of the time to avoid attracting predators.