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Thursday 29 January 2015

The best studied acetabular activity is that of Octopus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetabulum_(morphology)

Mollusc
Molluscans uses it for grasping substratum, catching prey and for locommotory accessory. The best studied acetabular activity is that of octopus. Octopus arms contains 200-300 independently controlled suckers that can grasp small objects and produce high adhesion forces on virtually any non-porous surface.

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