Signal Use by Octopuses in Agonistic Interactions (VIDEO)
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In this video, Scheel et al. describe their findins that octopuses are using body patterns and postures to signal to each other during disputes. The displays correlate with the outcomes of interactions, and closely matched displays are more likely to result in escalation. These results suggest that interactions have a greater influence on octopus evolution than has been recognized.
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Scheel et al./Current Biology 2016
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