Microbe ‘Flavors’ Tell Octopuses Which Babies Deserve Their Care : ScienceAlert

Octopuses can taste with their arms, and a new study reveals that specifically, they’re tasting chemical cues from microbes that grow on the surface of objects like dead crabs and living octopus eggs. These ‘flavors’, it turns out, can signal which prey is worth pursuing, or which egg isn’t…

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