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Mollusks make up a massive group of invertebrates that includes snails, clams, octopuses and more, with researchers regularly adding new species — living and extinct. At Live Science, you can find awesome mollusk facts and findings with the latest news, features and articles from our expert writers and editors, including stories about a micro mollusk breaking the record for world's tiniest snail, why a "hat"-wearing ancient slug may explain the mollusk family tree and the discovery of a weird sea mollusk sporting hundreds of armored eyes.
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'Kraken' octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean2 Comments -
Octopus quiz: Are you a sucker for cephalopod science? -
Scientists finally sequence the vampire squid's huge genome, revealing secrets of the 'living fossil'2 Comments -
'Very novel and very puzzling': Unknown species of squid spotted burying itself upside down, pretending to be a plant3 Comments -
Why is the blue-ringed octopus so deadly? -
Haunting blood-red squid with large hooks drifts through Antarctic ocean's midnight zone in world-first video
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'Kraken' octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean2 Comments
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Octopus quiz: Are you a sucker for cephalopod science?
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Why is the blue-ringed octopus so deadly?
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Blue-ringed octopus, one of the most toxic animals on Earth, bites teen after hiding in shell -
Watch ghostly dumbo octopus swim with its massive 'ears' in rare new footage -
See extremely rare photos of alien-looking '7-arm octopus' spotted near Washington coast -
Blue-ringed octopus, one of the most toxic animals on Earth, bites woman multiple times -
How do octopuses change color? -
Scientists capture the world's deepest octopus on video. And it's adorable.
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Haunting blood-red squid with large hooks drifts through Antarctic ocean's midnight zone in world-first video
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Elusive colossal squid finally caught on camera 100 years after discovery in world 1st footage — and it's tiny -
Watch extremely rare footage of a bigfin squid 'walking' on long, spindly arms deep in the South Pacific -
Rare video shows elusive deep-sea squid cradling her gigantic, translucent eggs -
Elusive 'octopus squid' with world's largest biological lights attacks camera in striking new video -
Black-eyed squid dragging thousands of eggs like a cape captured in video off Costa Rica -
Adorable, newfound pygmy squid species named after Japanese forest fairies -
Watch elusive, sucker-less squid in rare footage captured off the Galapagos -
Watch a see-through squid with demon-like eyes swim in Alaska's deep waters
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'Kraken' octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean2 Comments
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Octopus quiz: Are you a sucker for cephalopod science?
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Scientists finally sequence the vampire squid's huge genome, revealing secrets of the 'living fossil'2 Comments
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'Very novel and very puzzling': Unknown species of squid spotted burying itself upside down, pretending to be a plant3 Comments
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Why is the blue-ringed octopus so deadly?
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Haunting blood-red squid with large hooks drifts through Antarctic ocean's midnight zone in world-first video
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Scaly-foot snail: The armor-plated hermaphrodite with a giant heart that lives near scalding deep-sea volcanoes and never eats3 Comments -
Watch elusive New Zealand snail lay an egg through a 'genital pore' in its neck -
Cuttlefish appear to wave at each other in what researchers think could be a form of communication -
Elusive colossal squid finally caught on camera 100 years after discovery in world 1st footage — and it's tiny
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