How Octopuses Squeeze Through Hole Smaller Than Their Body

Nov 9, 2026 - 12:00
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How Octopuses Squeeze Through Hole Smaller Than Their Body
Octopus vulgaris’ three- and four-step strategies to squeeze through a larger hole. Image credit: Xin et al., doi: 10.1242/jeb.252825.

Researchers from the National University of Singapore, the University of Naples Federico II and the Haus des Meeres aquarium in Austria have filmed the marine animals escaping through tight openings and found a consistent sequence of moves, one that could inform the design of soft robots.

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