Octopus

Hello everyone, today I will be talking to you about octopus. In this information report you will hear about different types of octopus,their habitat,their predators, and their prey. They are an 8 legged sea creature and are extremely intelligent, they are amazing escape artists.  

Habitat:

Octopuses live in many different parts of the ocean. Octopuses live in coral reefs and kelp forests,octopus tend to prefer warmer water,meaning they like to live in the sunlight zone. They also live in tidal rock pools where they can disguise themselves as oddly shaped rocks to capture prey. Octopus have no skeleton so they can squeeze themselves into small and tight spaces.                                                                                           

Species:                                                                                     

There are a lot of different octopus all around the world. Some species of octopus are rarer than others,different species live in different environments such as the pressure as you get deeper in the ocean. Her e are some types of octopus: Blue ringed octopus, Giant pacific octopus, Common octopus, and Caribbean reef octopus. There are 300 species of octopus here are some more: Mimic octopus, Coconut octopus,Blanket octopus and California two-spot octopus.

Predators:

Octopus have a range of predators. Like Seals, Conga eels, Sea otters, Moray eels, Dolphins, Sperm whales and Sharks. Octopus are so intelligent they have different ways of defending themselves, they swim head first and in times of danger they can expel themselves out of water.

Prey:

Octopus eat a lot of different sea creatures. Octopus have venom and different octopus have different levels of toxicity ( which means they can kill their prey easily ). Octopus feed on crabs,clams,snails,small fish and other octopus. Octopus are one of the most intelligent creatures to catch their prey.

Ideas about the topic:

Octopus have three hearts and nine brains, one brain in their head and one in each tentacle. Their age in the wild is 1-2 years old. Towards the end of the females life she will get hungry enough to eat the male.

Conclusion:

So I really hope that you enjoy this post about octopus and hope you learnt more. This post was a bit of a tricky one but thanks for reading.

Caption:

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