octopuses

It's difficult to manually manipulate objects underwater. Researchers at Virginia Tech have developed gloves involving innovative designs, materials, and robotic control to emulate the strong / delicate capabilities of octopus tentacles. FULL STORY...

Octopodes! (Sorry, pedantry getting the better of me again...) :D

CNN story. An octopus in a German zoo has learned to open jars of shrimp by watching zoo attendants perform the act underwater. Frida, a five-month-old female octopus, opens the jars by pressing her body on the lid and grasping the sides with the suckers on her eight tentacles. With a...