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National Aquarium: Otherworldly Octopuses

There’s evidence that these highly intelligent animals can recognize and have preferences for individual humans, use tools, identify visual patterns and solve problems—surprisingly complex behaviors for an invertebrate closely related to a clam.

Learn more about octopuses!


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Zoology
Animals
Cephalopods
K-6
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

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