### q1 octopuses might explain hydra myths > Many scholars have postulated that the hydra is based on octopuses. After all, their many tentacles could be misinterpreted as heads, and octopuses can regenerate lost limbs, possibly explaining the unending head supply of the hydra. - [View Highlight](https://smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-real-sea-monsters-brought-life-early-naturalists-180953155?__readwiseLocation=2%2F3%2F3%2F1%2F43%2F1%2F3%2F15%3A88%2C2%2F3%2F3%2F1%2F43%2F1%2F3%2F15%3A321#:~:text=Many%20scholars%20have%20postulated%20that%2Chead%20supply%20of%20the%20hydra.) - [[Five Real Sea Monsters Brought to Life by Early Naturalists by Grace Costantino#q1 octopuses might explain hydra myths|View in Vault]]