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Seeing With Its Skin—How An Octopus Can Live In the Deep

Medicine & Technology May 21, 2015

Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that the octopus, uniquely adept with camouflage, can "see" with its skin. The study found that the California two-spot octopus can sense light using light-sensitive proteins, similar to those found in eyes, in its skin.

Light-Activated Chromatophore Expansion

Seeing With Its Skin—How An Octopus Can Live In the Deep

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