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Octopus vs. Shark? Octopus Wins

(Except in hockey)

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted May 14, 2010 8:22 AM CDT | Updated May 16, 2010 5:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – What happens when you put dogfish sharks, which have been known to feed on octopuses from time to time, in the same aquarium tank with a giant pacific octopus? The aquarium's keepers figured the octopus would be able to evade the predator easily enough, so... Read full story »

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