How do octopuses squeeze through tiny holes?

Octopuses are famous for navigating their way through a tight squeeze. Even among invertebrates, their ability to compress themselves into seemingly impossibly tiny passageways is an impressive sight. But for years, marine biologists have remained perplexed by how these cephalopods routinely manage their maneuvers.“There is no information about how octopuses squeeze through an opening far smaller than [their] body diameter,” Wenci Xin, a marine biologist at the National University of Singapo