Giant Pacific Octopus
Highly intelligent, they’ve learned to open jars, mimic other octopuses and solve mazes in lab tests. Aged about four years old, they grow bigger and live longer than any other octopus species.
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Highly intelligent, they’ve learned to open jars, mimic other octopuses and solve mazes in lab tests. Aged about four years old, they grow bigger and live longer than any other octopus species.
A cephalopod mollusc with eight sucker-bearing arms, a soft sac-like body, and no internal shell. Typically found in tropical waters, such as the Mediterranean Sea and East Atlantic.