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World Service,3 mins

The octopus' prehistoric battle for survival

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100 million years ago, octopi and squid were involved in an evolutionary underwater arms race - one that ultimately made them the most intelligent invertebrates on the planet. Dr Jakob Vinther is from the University of Bristol (Image: Octopus. Credit: homeworks255/iStock)

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