Octopus

The octopus has arms like the squid but there are eight of them instead of ten. Octopus hides in rocks near the ocean shore. When a crab passes by, it shoots out an arm. Then it carries the crab to its jaws. The octopus can wave softly like a watery ghost or it can shoot through the water using a jet stream like the squid.

Octopus Facts

Octopus are solitary eight armed ocean life that live on the ocean floor.  They creep over the ocean floor using their arms. The octopus has two rows of suction discs on each of its arms. There are over 100 different types of octopus. An octopus has a soft body. Each of the eight octopus arms has two row of suction cups. Octopus is one of many ocean life that, if it loses an arm, it will regrow another arm. While all of an octopus eight arms are capable of the same tasks, researchers have discovered that most octopus have a favorite arm that they prefer to use.

Octopus has blue blood. With an eye on each side of the octopus' head, it has very good eyesight but the octopus cannot hear. Octopuses are related to squids, cuttlefish, snails, mussels, and clams. They vary in size from an inch to giant octopus size. The octopus inhibits many regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs.

What an octopus eats

The octopus eats small crabs, scallops, snails, fish, turtles, and other octopuses. The octopus catches its ocean life prey with its arms and kills the prey by biting with its tough beak. It also releases poison onto the prey which soften the flesh. The octopus mostly hunts at night. Most octopus poison cannot kill a person except poison of Australian blue ringed octopus.

Giant Octopus

The Giant Octopus is the biggest octopus measuring up to 23 feet from arm to arm. It weighs up to 400 pounds. Giant octopus are found in shallow water.

In the past, people thought of giant octopus as dangerous and devil-like. There were movies about giant octopus invading and sinking ships. In fact, giant octopus are shy and pose little danger to divers, fishermen, and swimmers.

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