Scientists Baffled After World Guinness ‘Oldest’ Octopus Turns Out To Not Be An Octopus At All

A 300-million-year-old fossil that earned a Guiness World Record in 2015 as the world’s oldest octopus, has now been ...

World's 'Oldest' Octopus Was Not Even An Octopus. New Scans Reveal What It Was

A 300-million-year-old fossil, previously labelled as the world's oldest octopus, has been reclassified as a nautiloid, which ...
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The nine-armed octopus and the oddities of the cephalopod nervous system

With their quick-change camouflage and high level of intelligence, it’s not surprising that the public and scientific experts alike are fascinated by octopuses. Their abilities to recognize faces, ...