Octopuses prefer to use different arms for different tasks, scientists find

I wonder if the arms themselves have preferred tasks; they're full of neurons, and much like bats, we don't know what it's like to be an octopus. For all we know, it's the arms that choose what they do.

>Octopus arm flexibility facilitates complex behaviors in diverse natural environments

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-10674-y