If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be “otherworldly.” These truly amazing marine animals ...

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With their incredible intelligence, shape-shifting abilities, and strange anatomy, octopuses often seem almost otherworldly. But their origins are firmly rooted in Earth’s evolutionary history.