Octopuses Know Their Own Amputated Arms | Video

Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 11:30 in Biology & Nature

An octopus handling its own freshly amputated arm holds it gingerly and avoids grasping the skin, while an octopus handling another octopus' arm grasps the skin easily.

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