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Tentacles (Italian: Tentacoli) is a 1977 horror-thriller film directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis and starring John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Cesare Danova, Delia Boccardo and Henry Fonda. When numerous people go missing in a seaside resort town, a reporter discovers that a rampaging giant octopus is terrorizing the coast.
These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a set of arms or tentacles (muscular hydrostats) modified from the primitive molluscan foot. Pages in category "Films about cephalopods"
Arms and buccal mass of the squid Taningia danae.As in other Octopoteuthidae, the tentacles are absent in adults. Oral view of the bobtail squid Semirossia tenera Head and limbs of the bobtail squid Rossia glaucopis Oral view of male Bathypolypus arcticus with hectocotylus on arm III (left) Cephalopod suckers and configuration of suckers on tentacular club Serrated suckers of a giant squid ...
Geneticist Nathan Sands and his daughter Nicole are hired by the U.S. Navy to create a new weapon; they create an intelligent shark that has the tentacles of an octopus, dubbed S-11, controlling the creature using electromagnetic pulses with a device attached to its head. During one of the test missions, S-11 discards the device before ...
Until the mid-20th century, the "Arms as Head" hypothesis was widely recognized. In this theory, the arms and tentacles of cephalopods look similar to the head appendages of gastropods, suggesting that they might be homologous structures. Cephalopod appendages surround the mouth, so logically they could be derived from embryonic head tissues. [150]
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Carter swims out and shoots at one of its eyes, forcing the giant octopus to release the submarine; he then pulls Mathews to safety. As the creature turns toward the open sea, the torpedo is detonated, destroying the octopus. The trio celebrate the victory at a restaurant, where Mathews makes an impromptu proposal, and Joyce accepts. [5]
It also has eight arms and two tentacles covered in suckers. Its body is “blunt” and “cylindrical,” reaching about 0.5 inches in length. Photos show the Ryukyu pygmy squid swimming and ...