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Published online 25 September 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030922-11
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Octopuses get erections
Inflatable organ may aid camouflage.
Octopuses can get erections, US researchers have discovered. They are the first soft-bodied animal found to have erectile tissue.
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