• DOI:10.1207/S15327604JAWS0504_02
Corpus ID: 28355735

Octopus Senescence: The Beginning of the End

@article{Anderson2002OctopusST,
  title={Octopus Senescence: The Beginning of the End},
  author={R. Anderson and James B. Wood and R. Byrne},
  journal={Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science},
  year={2002},
  volume={5},
  pages={275 - 283}
}

• R. Anderson, James B. Wood, R. Byrne
• Published 2002
• Biology, Medicine
• Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Senescence is a normal stage of an octopus's life cycle that often occurs before death. Some of the following symptoms typify it: lack of feeding, retraction of skin around the eyes, uncoordinated movement, increased undirected activity, and white unhealing lesions on the body. There is inter- and intraspecific variability. Senescence is not a disease or a result of disease, although diseases can also be a symptom of it. Both males and females go through a senescent stage before dying-the males… Expand

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