Wunderpus 'umbrella' pouncing

[Thales]

• One of the Wunderpus hunting behaviors involves making a trap with the webbing of its arms while using the arm tips to herd the prey into the webbing that unfurls like an umbrella. In this video it is hard to see the shrimp because it is behind the octopus.

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[tonmo]

Wunderpus 'umbrella' pouncing

Very cool!

 

[Jean]

Fantastic!

J

 

[erich orser]

Wunderpus 'umbrella' pouncing

Wow, Thales, that was just incredible.