Each of these powerful appendages can move in any direction and taste and feel with exquisite sensitivity. A nerve ring connecting all eight arms enables explorations of the seafloor that is not always governed by the central brain upstairs.
What's it like when your arms have minds of their own? Many mysteries—anatomical, behavioral, and philosophical—remain. But here's some of what scientists have been able to learn about these unorthodox invertebrates.
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