- Human waste has become so ubiquitous in the ocean, it's becoming easier for octopuses to shelter in our trash than in seashells or coral. In areas where human tourists have collected too many sea shells, cephalopods of all ages have been forced to adapt or perish. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X22000212 6 comments science
Linking pages
- Octopuses Have Learned to Make Use of Ocean Litter, Study Finds - Yale E360 https://e360.yale.edu/digest/octopuses-have-learned-to-make-use-of-ocean-litter-study-finds 290 comments
- Octopuses Are Increasingly Using Trash For Shelter, Study finds – Guardian Mag https://www.guardianmag.press/2022/03/octopuses-are-increasingly-using-trash-for-shelter-study-finds.html/ 8 comments
- Deep-Sea Octopuses Are Making Shelters Out Of Human Trash | HuffPost Impact https://www.huffpost.com/entry/octopus-making-shelters-trash_n_62311932e4b020d1596cec58 4 comments