Octopuses Are Building Underwater 'Cities'

Researchers dubbed one of the new towns Octlantis.

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By Nathaniel Scharping
Sep 19, 2017 11:06 PMJun 30, 2023 1:50 PM
Gloomy Octopus, Octopus tetricus - Wikimedia Commons
A gloomy octopus. (Credit: Sylke Rohrlach/Wikimedia Commons)

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Underneath the waves lies a lost city, home to untold riches and guarded jealously by the strange creatures who make their homes within its confines. Well, the riches are all shellfish, but "Octlantis," a newly discovered settlement inhabited by around a dozen common Sydney octopuses, does have some strange residents.

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