Decoding the arms of an octopus
November 20, 2024
November 20, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 20 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
The human body's ability to move around and pick things up generally comes courtesy of bones, muscles, and tendons. The skeleton provides a strong and rigid structure for humans to depend on, but there is much to be learned about movement from the arms of an octopus, which are biological structures with incredible strength despite an absence of bones.
Octopus arms are also strong, wielding the pow . . .
The human body's ability to move around and pick things up generally comes courtesy of bones, muscles, and tendons. The skeleton provides a strong and rigid structure for humans to depend on, but there is much to be learned about movement from the arms of an octopus, which are biological structures with incredible strength despite an absence of bones.
Octopus arms are also strong, wielding the pow . . .