The Wonderful World of the Octopus
Octopus have been moving into British waters, so isn't it time we got to know our new neighbours, one of the most mysterious and fascinating species in our oceans.
Cornish fishermen this summer have had their usual catch of lobster and crab replaced by voracious octopus. Restaurant menus have had to be wiped and rewritten across the south-west, but what else has changed? Tom Heap and Helen Czerski ask why octopus have such a hold on our imagination and the science world, why the octopus has moved north and what its journey can tell us about the changing oceans.
Producer: Beth Sagar-Fenton
Assistant Producer: Toby Field
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- Fri 11 Sep 202612:04BBC Radio 4
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