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The journal Paleontology has an interesting paper describing three new species of fossil octopi. The new fossils date to the Upper Cenomanian (the Cenomanian is part of the Cretaceous and dates to ~99-93 MYA). The paper can be found here.
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According to this BBC News article it has.
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National Geographic has an interesting video on the sex lives of octopi – apparently there is a certain amount of mimicry and guile involved…. The video is based on this article:
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Regular readers of my blog may remember this post on Aurora the octopus. To refresh your memory: A month later, Aurora laid tens of thousands of eggs. Her sense of mothering was strong, despite the fact that her eggs didn’t appear to develop and aquarists eventually believed they were sterile. Day in and day out, [...]
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