Henry Gale

There's some amazing video at MSNBC...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7286853/

Quote:

While pigs are not yet flying, coconuts are walking and clumps of algae are tiptoeing — sort of. The coconuts and clumps of algae are really octopuses walking on two arms and using their six non-walking arms to camouflage themselves as plant material in order to hide from lurking predators.

Dave Poehlman

Pretty amazing... their gait looks very human-like.

Octopuses are fascinating. They're very inteligent as far as sea creatures go. I remember watching a PBS special where they'd set up mazes and puzzles and the octopus could figure them all out.

MarkMel

That is way cool.

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David Williams

Did anyone else laugh at the mental image this conjurs? It's like the old cartoon device of using a barrel and walking when the bad guy isn't looking.

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Kevin Hewell

Is it "octopuses" or "octopi"?

Ken Chan

According to Merriam-Webster, either is acceptable. You may get into arguments with pedants over which is more correct.