Octopus Can Edit Their RNA – Here’s How
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Octopus Can Edit Their RNA – Here’s How

Guest Bloggers, Octopus Anatomy

Ever wonder why people label octopuses as “aliens“? It’s not because they hitched a ride on a meteor from outer space. Nope, these eight-armed geniuses earned their intergalactic reputation by doing something no other Earthling does quite like them: rewriting their own genetic instructions. RNA editing is a fascinating biological process employed by cephalopods (octopus,…

Octopus Teeth: The Tiny Chainsaw Inside an Octopus’ Mouth

Octopus Teeth: The Tiny Chainsaw Inside an Octopus’ Mouth

Octopus Anatomy

Did you know octopuses come equipped with their own built-in “chainsaw”? YUP! Octopus teeth—Mother Nature really outdid herself on this one! These eight-armed wonders and their legendary relatives (think snails, slugs, and squids) have one ribbon-like tongue loaded with microscopic teeth called a radula. In cephalopods (octopuses, cuttlefish, squid, and nautilus), this radula basically revs…