News Headline
Octopus can use its skin to see
Source
United Press International (UPI)
Publication Date
2015-05-22
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 21 (UPI) -- Researchers recently found the same proteins used in human eyes are also present in the skin of the two spot octopus, a species found off the coast of California. The proteins help the octopus sense light, without the help of the eyes or the brain.