# How do octopuses squeeze through tiny holes?

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2 outlets covering · First listed: Popular Science, Nov 5, 2026, 3:00 PM · Read it: <https://www.popsci.com/environment/how-does-octopus-squeeze-through-small-hole/>

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- Nov 5, 2026, 3:00 PM: [How do octopuses squeeze through tiny holes?](<https://www.popsci.com/environment/how-does-octopus-squeeze-through-small-hole/>) — Popular Science (Magazine, United States)
- Nov 11, 2026, 10:58 AM: [Scientists Finally Figured Out How Octopuses Squeeze Through Tiny Holes. And They Have the Footage to Prove It](<https://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/octopus-how-fit-through-holes/>) — ZME Science (Science news)
  Scientists filmed the step-by-step moves behind an octopus's seemingly impossible escape.