Octopus

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The giant Pacific octopus is one of the largest species of octopods. Its reddish-brown body, called the mantle, plus four pairs of arms, measure on average about 16 feet long from arm tip to arm tip. The record weight for a Pacific giant is 600 pounds, but most weigh about 50 to 90 pounds. Newly hatched young are the size of a grain of rice. An octopus has a ink spray for defence if any of its preditors come and try to eat it.

Information on Octopus
The body of an octopus is soft and boneless. A fleshy, muscular covering called the mantle surrounds the main part of the body. The octopus is also re;ated to clams and snails. The octopus can survive up to 3 years. The octopus has very soft and squishey like skin so they are very valnerable to predaters.

Camoflage
The octopus is a master of camoflage it can blend in to any of its suroundings. It can even change the texture of its skin. If thretand the octopus wil raise its skin and widen there eyes to look bigger and stronger. The octopus will look aroud and se its surounding so he or she can change too look like it.

An octopus breathes by drawing water into the mantle cavity. The circulation of water provides oxygen for the gills. The mantle then contracts and forces the water out through a tube called the funnel or siphon//.// Octopuses have a main //systemic heart// and two additional branchial hearts//.// The branchial hearts supply blood to the animal's gills.lolo Octopuses have good vision. The animal's two large eyes lie on each side of the creature's head. Eight arms extend from the head of an octopus. At their base, the arms are united by a membrane web. Round, muscular suckers line the underside of each arm. An octopus uses its arms and suckers to move along the ocean bottom and capture prey. The suckers can provide enormous suction, enabling the octopus to attach firmly to rocks and prey. If an octopus loses an arm, a new one grows in its place. Octopuses have a beakshaped mouth below the head at the base of the arms. The octopus lives 2-3 years and then it will die. The octopus will somtimes eat smaller animals like crab or shrimp. The male octopus will die after mating with the female ( not caring about the eggs.) A octopus can regrow its arm in to to three months if cut off or riped off.

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