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A Tangle of Tentacles: What’s a Group of Octopuses Called?

A Tangle of Tentacles: What’s a Group of Octopuses Called?
science7/30/2025

Atlantis is almost certainly a mythical land that never truly existed. But the same cannot be said for Octlantis. This underwater ‘city’, originally discovered back in 2009, lies off the coast of Australia and is home to a community of octopuses. Octlantis is a rare example of complex social behavior in these eight-legged marine animals.

Octopus in Water © iStock.com/:TheSP4N1SH Atlantis is almost certainly a mythical land that never truly existed. But the same cannot be said for Octlantis. This underwater ‘city’, originally discovered back in 2009, lies off the coast of Australia an... [4514 chars]