Octopus Astonishing Facts

Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood, but here's what scientists just discovered

that changes everything. These alien-like creatures can actually edit their own RNA on the fly,

rewriting their genetic instructions to adapt instantly to cold water. Unlike humans who

are stuck with our DNA blueprint, octopuses literally reprogram themselves. Even stranger,

two-thirds of their neurons are in their arms, meaning each tentacle thinks independently and

can solve problems without the brain's help. They taste everything they touch through

suckers covered in chemoreceptors. Some species carry enough venom to kill twenty-six humans

in minutes. And the blanket octopus female grows forty thousand times larger than males,