Climate to blind octopus

Published date12 April 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
Boffins reckon rising sea temperatures give them heat stress

Octopuses exposed to 25C produced far fewer of the proteins responsible for their vision.

Dr Qiaz Hua, of the University of Adelaide, said: "One of them is a structural protein found in high abundance in animal eye lenses, and another is responsible for the regeneration of visual pigments in the...

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