[Link] Bottles, cans, batteries: octopuses found using litter on seabed

Read: 8/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

Whether it’s mimicking venomous creatures, or shooting jets of water at aquarium light switches to turn them off, octopuses are nothing if not resourceful.

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[Link] Nobody Knows What Megalodon Really Looked Like, Scientists Say

Read: 8/2/2022 www.vice.com

It’s not hard to see why Megalodon, an epic species of shark that died out some 3.6 million years ago, has captivated the public imagination and become the star of movies like The Meg.

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