The suckers are also packed with sensory receptors that allow the octopus to taste and smell things that they touch—like combining a hand with a tongue and a nose. The researchers believe the ...
While octopuses are the primary focus of the study, Olson’s research also explored the nervous system of longfin inshore squid (Doryteuthis pealeii), another soft-bodied cephalopod. Like octopuses, ...
These squid have eight arms with muscles and suckers ... that have worm-like movements need the right kind of nervous system," Ragsdale said. "Different cephalopods have come up with a segmental ...