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Technically speaking, Octopuses don't have tentacles at all. Those are arms. The morphology of "Octopus" is actually a really great example case for demonstrati
by johnnyjeans 2y ago
Technically speaking, Octopuses don't have tentacles at all. Those are arms. The morphology of "Octopus" is actually a really great example case for demonstrating paraconsistent logic.
- Gravityloss 2y agoHmm so the name must be corrected to be 8-armed in Greek. Oktobratso? Oktooplizo? Oktocheiro?
- gpderetta 2y agoIt goes deeper than that! According to wikipedia, the tentacles, or appendages, are indeed called "arms", but they evolved from what in other molluscs is called a "foot"!
- cacois 2y agoIt's a house of cards, people!
- gpderetta 2y agoyes, something is ... afoot.
- kaiken1987 2y agoDeeper still, one of those arms on males contains their sexual organs call the hectocotylus.
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