Mystery of the floating octopus solved

Friday, September 3, 2010 - 12:21 in Paleontology & Archaeology

As far back as Aristotle, naturalists have wondered why the females of a strange group of octopuses sport a thin, papery shell when plenty of their tentacled cousins are essentially naked, letting all their slime hang out. Octopus - Shell - Unix - Operating Systems - Recreation

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