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The High Energetic Costs Of Changing Colors In Octopus

"Changing colors is as energetically demanding for octopuses as jogging for 23 minutes is for humans."

by @GrrlScientist via #Medium

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The High Energetic Costs Of Changing Colors In Octopus

You might not realize this, but quickly changing colors, as octopuses do, is energetically costly. This, according to a recently published study by two biologists who measured oxygen consumption…

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Apr 22 at 8:27amWeb