Willem Weertman

Willem Weertman

Dec 30, 2020

Group 6 Copy 331
2
Please wait...

About This Project

Surprisingly, it has yet to be shown if octopuses can use odors to find food, it is often assumed that they can. We are investigating odor tracking in Octopus rubescens by observing them searching for food in a flume in the dark under consistent bulk flow conditions. This basic behavioral ecology research aims to fill a significant assumption gap in the current understanding of octopus chemosensory ecology. We need help paying for a scanning sheet laser to visualize flow.

Blast off!

Browse Other Projects on Experiment

Related Projects

How do polar bears stay healthy on the world's worst diet?

Polar bears survive almost entirely on seal fat. Yet unlike humans who eat high-fat diets, polar bears never...

Uncovering hidden insect diversity associated with a likely undescribed gall-forming midge

Does a likely undescribed species of gall-forming midge (pers. comm. Ray Gagné) on Eriodictyon plants (Yerba...

Macrofungi of the California archipelago

The eight islands of the California Archipelago are a well-studied biodiversity hotspot — but we know almost...

Backer Badge Funded

A biology project funded by 25 people