Get a Load of This Goddamn Sneaky Octopus

Cephalopod expert at UC Berkeley have discovered that the larger Pacific discase devilfish — seen here outstretched — employs a rare hunting strategy . Instead of pounce on its target with all eight arms ( a mutual proficiency among octopuses ) , it extends a single limb , like a grabby toddler , and startles its quarry into clutches .

Below , you could watch the octopus cultivate its thaumaturgy , to the tune of some unaccountably sexy medicine :

“ I ’ve never seen anything like it , ” suppose marine biologist Roy Caldwell , a University of California , Berkeley , professor of integrative biology . “ Octopuses typically pounce on their prey or thump around in holes until they find something . When this octopus watch a runt at a distance , it constrict itself and creep up , extends an arm up and over the shrimp , touches it on the far side and either catches it or scares it into its other arms . ”