Even with eight legs it was difficult to hang on during this week's bomb cyclone in British Columbia, with a remote camera capturing an octopus battling currents whipped up by the hurricane-force winds.
Even with eight legs it was difficult to hang on during this week's bomb cyclone in British Columbia, with a remote camera capturing an octopus battling currents whipped up by the hurricane-force winds.
The video shows the octopus using its tentacles to hang on, while its mantle — the sac above its head — is rippled by the fast-moving water. But she says that during the bomb cyclone, the currents were rapidly changing directions and cycling between speeds of 15 and 200 centimetres per second. Octopuses are smart and"incredibly agile," she said, adding the species has built up resilience over 400 million years of evolution.
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