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Microbe 'Flavors' Tell Octopuses Which Babies Deserve Their Care


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.

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