Wunderpus 'umbrella' pouncing

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Thales

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Wunderpus 'umbrella' pouncing

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Feb 01, '09, 1:34am
One of the Wunderpus hunting behaviors involves making a trap with the webbing of its arms while using the arm tips to herd the prey into the webbing that unfurls like an umbrella. In this video it is hard to see the shrimp because it is behind the octopus.

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Feb 01, '09, 7:48am

Wunderpus 'umbrella' pouncing

Very cool!

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Feb 01, '09, 4:08pm

Fantastic!

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erich orser

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Feb 02, '09, 3:59am

Wunderpus 'umbrella' pouncing

Wow, Thales, that was just incredible.
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