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Duck! Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other (cephalopod sports)

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03592-w

EXCERPTS: For the first time, octopuses have been spotted throwing things — at each other.

Octopuses are known for their solitary nature, but in Jervis Bay, Australia, the gloomy octopus (Octopus tetricus) lives at very high densities. A team of cephalopod researchers decided to film the creatures with underwater cameras to see whether — and how — they interact.

[...] The team found clues that the octopuses were deliberately targeting one another. [...] sometimes the octopuses on the receiving end ducked. Throws that made octo-contact were also more likely to be accomplished with a specific set of arms, and the projectile was more likely to be silt... (MORE - missing details)

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