Two Octopi Engage In Epic Underwater Face-Off
- 9 years ago
A couple of octopi got into quite a tangle off the coast of California recently. And the research vessel E/V Nautilus caught the encounter on camera.
A couple of octopi got into quite a tangle off the coast of California recently.
And the research vessel E/V Nautilus caught the encounter on camera.
One octopus appears in view, then another, as their tentacles stretch and extend towards and away from each other’s body.
Soon the two cephalopods are engaged in a sort of showdown that's more akin to a head-on collision.
The scientists remark on the possibility of the octopi eating one another—but thankfully that doesn't pan out.
Instead one expands and expands and expands, s
A couple of octopi got into quite a tangle off the coast of California recently.
And the research vessel E/V Nautilus caught the encounter on camera.
One octopus appears in view, then another, as their tentacles stretch and extend towards and away from each other’s body.
Soon the two cephalopods are engaged in a sort of showdown that's more akin to a head-on collision.
The scientists remark on the possibility of the octopi eating one another—but thankfully that doesn't pan out.
Instead one expands and expands and expands, s