Of all the octopus’ oddities, perhaps the most extraordinary one is that the octopus has one large central brain, and eight mini-brains, one in each arm. As a result, the arms can solve the problem of how to open a shellfish (貝類) while their owners are busy doing something else, like checking out a cave for more edible goodies (可食用的東西), according to Smithsonian magazine.

章魚(yú)是很獨(dú)特的動(dòng)物，其中最不尋常的是：章魚(yú)有一個(gè)大一點(diǎn)的中央大腦，八個(gè)小型大腦——每只觸手各有一個(gè)。根據(jù)Smithsonian雜志的報(bào)道：當(dāng)章魚(yú)忙著在洞穴里尋找食物等事情的時(shí)候，它的觸角可以自己搞定打開(kāi)貝殼這種問(wèn)題。

The ancient creature is also well-known for its disguises. The octopus can change its shape, colors, patterns, even the texture (紋理) of its skin. It can transform itself to look like seaweed (海草) in just the blink of an eye. This ability is called dynamic camouflage (動(dòng)態(tài)偽裝).

章魚(yú)這種古老的生物也以擅長(zhǎng)偽裝聞名——章魚(yú)可以改變自己的形狀、顏色、圖案，甚至皮膚的紋理。它還可以在一眨眼的功夫把自己變成像海草一樣的生物——這種能力被稱為動(dòng)態(tài)偽裝。

The camouflage may look like a reflex (本能反應(yīng)), but it’s not. It doesn’t just happen instinctively. They actually think and decide how to best camouflage themselves.

這種偽裝看起來(lái)像是一種本能反應(yīng)，但實(shí)際上不是。這不僅僅是本能反應(yīng)。他們實(shí)際上在思考和決定如何更好地偽裝自己。