The Only Octopus With a Shell

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The octopus is a pretty odd animal under even the most ordinary circumstances – or ordinary by octopus standards, at least. So when folks start calling out one type of octopus as the strangest, there’s probably something special about it. And the argonaut, also known as the paper nautilus, lives up to the hype.

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Sources:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/inside-the-brain-of-an-octopus
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/how-octopuses-and-squids-change-color

Meet the Argonaut, The World’s Weirdest Octopus


http://tolweb.org/Argonauta

Paper Nautilus, Octopus of the Open Sea


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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bies.201100001

How An Argonaut Shell Is Spun Out Of Their Arms


https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Argonauta_nodosa/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27862405
https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.cub.2009.10.052

The Seamstress And The Secrets Of The Argonaut Shell

“Sperm Worms”: How Male Argonauts Taught Scientists About Octopus Sex


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/argonaut

Should You Pick Up An Argonaut Octopus Hitchhiker? Let’s Find Out!


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