Brain Junk

237: Octopuses? Octopi? Octopedes?


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Look grammar police, it's octopuses and we don't have to like it, BUT you are going to love learning that just like humans, octopuses do seem to have a preferred hand. Arm? Tentacle? OMG here we go again. Just listen to the episode, it's a hoot.





The actual paper! Hold your phone in whatever hand you prefer while reading https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01402-6





Just incase you need MORE of on octopus fix...Amy's husband Chris says it's amazing!







Additional research:





University of Minnesota Research Brief





Check out the California two-spot octopus on



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