Extraordinary Octopus Takes To Land | The Hunt | BBC Earth
What it is
A BBC Earth clip from The Hunt showing an octopus species from northern Australia that leaves the water at low tide to hunt crabs on land.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it as proof that some octopuses really do crawl out of the water to hunt.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2018, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“it's fascinating.”
Australian octopus crawling on land to hunt
nikofeyn, 2018-12 · Recommendation · in “The Octopus Is Smart as Heck, But Why?”
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Topics: octopus, amphibious, bbc earth, predation, marine biology
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