Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers in Australia recently discovered that female octopuses throw debris with a strengthened force at targets when ...

Octopuses which were hit were not observed ‘returning fire’ and throwing back the silt or shells (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Female octopuses have been observed throwing silt, shells and algae at males ...

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The octopus returned from a foraging trip 18 minutes earlier and assumed a characteristic feeding posture. As the motion of the throw beings, another octopus reached towards her and they touch as the ...

A study suggests octopuses intentionally “throw” shells and silt at each other, the first time such behaviour has been reported. The research team, led by Peter Godfrey-Smith at the University of ...

A new study examined social and mating encounters between octopuses from data and video collected in 2015 and 2016. The data showed female octopuses “throwing” objects in multiple instances where they ...

In the 2 minutes prior to the throw, the octopus several times was engaged in bringing up shells from inside her den. The throw is directed from between R1 and R2, so it is another “anomalous arm” ...

Six years ago, a team of scientists from the University of Sydney filmed common Sydney octopuses (Octopus tetricus) “throwing” shells, silt, and other seafloor detritus at each other. The most ...