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ZIEGLER / MINDEN PICTURES / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE (3); TALSEN / SHUTTERSTOCK (4); AUSCAPE / GETTY IMAGES (5); © NORBERT WU / MINDEN PICTURES / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE (1); NIELS VAN GIJN / GETTY IMAGES (2); © CHRISTIAN

8 BER 2018 | JANUARY 2019 © HELEN E. GROSE / DREAMSTIME (6); © TOM MCHUGH / SCIENCE SOURCE (7); © AUGUSTO LEANDRO STANZANI / ARDEA (8)

CREATURES

THESE ANIMALS ARE AT THE TOP OF THEIR CLASS IN SMARTS.

Clever

An octopus’s

arms can think

independently

from its

brain.

SNEAKY SMARTS

Octopuses are curious creatures. They can open

the lids of jars, and some have even found escape

routes from their aquarium enclosures. They can

wriggle their boneless bodies through passages as

small as a quarter! Octopuses learn quickly and

can recognize individual human faces.

NAT GEOKIDS • DECEM

CHECK

OUT

THE

BOOK!

BY JULIE BEER AND MICHELLE HARRIS

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