Octopus "Hypnosis": Inducing Tonic Immobility for Studying Local Sensorimotor Responses and Arm-Sucker Coordination
Ekaterina Gribkova, Jilai Cui, Rhanor Gillette
The paper introduces a modified tonic immobility method for octopuses to study local sensorimotor responses and arm-sucker coordination without full anesthesia.
Biology Open · Nov 5, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition