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With three hearts, blue blood and arms that appear to think independently, the octopus may be one of Earth’s strangest creatures—rewriting what scientists thought intelligence.

Nature harbours a chilling arsenal of predators that don’t just kill their prey — they dissolve it. These eight grisly ...

Explore why alien life may think and behave like octopuses, whose unusual biology evolved along a path unlike almost any other.

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