Invertebrates
Octopus videos
Tim Carpenter's talk on octopuses and cephalopods was the final Marine Science Lecture for the 2009/2010 year. This year also marks the seventh year of the lecture series.
Tim shared several videos featuring the interesting adaptive behaviors of octopuses.
Here are a few videos that may or may not be the exact same ones he showed:
An octopus using a coconut shell to hide in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW_AeF-54f8
Shark vs Octopus (this video is a little hyped: Tim shared the real story behind the film)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9A-oxUMAy8
Octopus "walking" on two arms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1iWzYMYyGE
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