Biologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel showed high speed videos of octopuses crawling over objects to study how the animals move . Rather than dragging themselves along they use their legs to push instead . They can move in one direction while their bodies face a different direction . The findings helped help scientists develop new types of rescue techniques .
Biologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel used high speed videos of octopuses crawling over objects to study how the animals move . Rather than pulling themselves along they use their legs to push instead . They can move in one direction while their bodies face a different direction . The findings could help scientists develop new types of rescue robots .