Land running Octopoid anatomy

This question is based off videos of octopi running using their tentacles curled under and their body raised from the ground. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23qzi88k3aM

I saw this question Anatomy of a walking octopoid but it is the specific running motion strong enough to lift the body up that I am after.

I was wondering, for a design of a tentacled land alien what muscular anatomy would be needed to achieve something similar?

The main body or head of the creature would be of a similar size to an octopus or smaller so there isn't to much weight to lift up, I was thinking an elephants trunk is pretty strong and accurate with its movement so something similar may work? would they need some strange gluteus/lower abdominal type muscle also?

So my question is what anatomy would this running land octopoid need?

posted almost 5 years ago

RandySavage‭

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