Why aren't octopus tentacles tangled together?

Scientists say the octopus's brain cannot fully control eight tentacles at the same time and their complex movements. However, those tentacles are not entangled and tangled together. A recent study has found a mechanism to help them avoid this risk.

Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said that the suction cups on octopus tentacles will cling to anything other than its body.

When the animal's tentacles have just touched its skin, the chemical released by the skin will temporarily stop the senses on the tentacles and keep them from tangling together.

To discover this, the researchers conducted a unique experiment. They cut off an octopus' tentacle and let it touch another tentacle, still attached to the animal's body.

Though the tentacles were removed from the body, the tentacles were still able to move for a long time, still able to move, entangled in objects and the vacuums remained active. The severed tentacles cannot cling to other tentacles, but when scientists peel off the skin it can cling to it.

Scientists say they are completely surprised by the smart and simple solution of the octopus type.