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Was sure I'd hate diving with a big group, but a clumsy octopus encounter had us all laughing and now I'm a fan.

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jesseross
jesseross1mo agoMost Upvoted
Read somewhere that each arm has its own bunch of nerves, so it's like eight little brains trying to work together. Explains the fumbles for sure.
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cole728
cole7281mo ago
Wait, clumsy? I've never heard of an octopus being clumsy before! They're usually so smooth and graceful in the water, that's hilarious.
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nina965
nina9651mo ago
I saw a video from the Monterey Bay Aquarium where an octopus kept dropping a crab like three times trying to get it into its den. It was fumbling around like it had butter on its tentacles. Tbh it made me feel better about being a mess sometimes. They're graceful until they have to do something precise, I guess.
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caseythompson
Yeah I read their arms have minds of their own sometimes.
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