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When I first read the title for some reason I envisioned the throw to look like a sentinel throwing a bomb in The Matrix. Nothing like that, obviously.

My question is: was it throwing the shells out since it’s done eating them or in response to the other octopus that’s sort of messing with it?

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"... although some of the time it seemed that they were just throwing away debris or food leftovers, it did sometimes appear that they were throwing things at each other."

That one instance is kinda hard to tell, but it sounds like they saw similar behaviour across observations.

The shells throwing example wasn't as convincing as the silt throwing example.

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